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.

In some cases, the birds save comparatively little energy. In other cases, they don’t have to flap their wings at all. Pelicans fly along the water as a surfer takes off on a wave in La Jolla in ...

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.

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

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. The pelican’s body is masterfully engineered to absorb the shock.

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

“This is a brown pelican crisis happening right here in California,” said JD Bergeron, CEO International Bird Rescue. The live bird cam shows the full house of Pelicans being treated in ...

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

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.

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 Abilene Zoo has welcomed quite a few critters recently, such as the sloth bear, a bison calf and now, brown pelicans. The ...

The big birds weigh up to 20 pounds, have a wingspan of nearly 10 feet, and measure 6 feet from bill to tail. The white pelican lives for about 25 years and breeds only once a year. Males and ...