Chicks hatch with white feathers that turn gray—and later take their pink color from aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene obtained from their food. Although flamingos have become a visual cliché ...

As flamingos digest their food, the carotenoids are broken down and absorbed into their bodies, eventually coloring their feathers, skin, and even their beaks. Carotenoids are the same pigments ...

The misclassification was understandable because flamingos were one of the first species to be extirpated from the state. By 1925, people had killed them all, for feathers to adorn ladies’ hats ...

Images of the pink statuesque birds have been flying around Facebook, bringing birders to the refuge to catch a glimpse, as the flamingos flaunt their colorful feathers near NASA's Kennedy Space ...

DESCRIPTION: The Andean flamingo is both the most rare and tallest of all six species of flamingo. It has a traditional pink coloration throughout its body, with a pale yellow face and black tail ...