Pelicans are large water birds known for their “scooping” mouth pouch used to catch fish in the water. There are currently eight living pelican species present in many regions around the world.

Stokes’ new study involves one of the most beloved water birds. Pelicans can ascend 60 to 70 feet into the air, where they’re able to easily see the fish they prey on. And they can fly up to ...

American white pelicans call Fox River and the lower Green Bay home. Why has their population increased, a reader asked.

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The keen-eyed pelican can spot a fish from 60-feet above the water. Then follows a plunge dive which can attain speeds up to 40 mph. The bird hits the water head-first, the shock stunning the fish.

EMPIRE, MI -- Wildlife photographer James Gerndt was watching the sunset dip into Lake Michigan when a friend pointed out the ...

A flock of brown pelicans was released back into the wild near the Huntington Beach Pier. They had been nursed back to health ...

Pelican Crisis: Hundreds of Sick, Injured Birds Reported Throughout California By Jodi Hernandez • Published May 26, 2022 • Updated on May 27, 2022 at 4:04 pm NBC Universal, Inc.

American white pelicans are easy to spot on a summer day at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, a 77,000-acre nature reserve in the northern Great Salt Lake. Dozens of the large birds drift ...

The number of American white pelicans at a North Dakota wildlife refuge is down dramatically due to high water that has gobbled up much of their nesting grounds, An aerial survey completed Friday ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Several pelicans and other water birds were hurt in last week's extreme weather when temperatures reached below freezing, according to the Houston SPCA.

Those beachside birds, however, differ dramatically from American white pelicans. In spite of their super size, brown pelicans by contrast are small, with a wing span only six-and-a-half feet.