"We think fatigue and hunger were factors." Experts issue warning after discovering large bird in heartbreaking predicament: ...

Weighing up to 30 pounds and supported by short, stubby orange legs with webbed feet, the American white pelican waddles like penguins when moving on land. All the while, a supersized orange bill juts ...

Once a rare sight in Ohio, the American white pelican is becoming increasingly common in the Buckeye State. Naturalist Jim McCormac said in a 2019 column in the Columbus Dispatch that he is ...

Once a rare sight in Ohio, the American white pelican is becoming increasingly common in the Buckeye State. Naturalist Jim McCormac said in a 2019 column in the Columbus Dispatch that he is ...

American white pelicans, with 9-foot, black-tipped wings and long orange beaks, are typically migratory birds. The birds’ numbers in the region dropped in the 19th and 20th centuries. But in ...

It’s strange that although the Brown Pelican is our state bird, the American White Pelican is the bird that graces our state flag. And the story behind it is as interesting as the bird itself.

Two American white pelicans are released at Mason Regional Park in Irvine, CA, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The birds were nursed back to health by the Wetlands & Wildlife Care Center for over a year.

Did you know that the American white pelican is one of the largest birds in the United States? Or that pelican flocks pose a threat to airplanes?

The American white pelican migrates back north around this time of year – and it is not uncommon for a flock to make a stop in the Chicago area.

American white pelicans are among the largest birds in North America, with wingspans as long as 9 feet, just shy of those of the California condor, according to the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology.

Weighing up to seven kilograms with wingspans nearing three metres, the American white pelican is a striking and a rare sight ...

American white pelicans are sailing to town on broad, 9-foot wingspans that undulate as if in slow motion. The big wings propel the large-bodied birds forward as they move silently through our ...