Local 10 viewer Jonell Modys sent in these pictures of flamingos wading in the Florida Bay this weekend. After decades away, the rose-colored birds were spotted more frequently in the Everglades ...

Birds are discovered wrapped into packages and crammed inside crates, official photos show.

For flamingos, however, their pink color isn’t just for show—it’s also a sign of health and vitality. In the wild, brighter flamingos are often healthier and better nourished, making them ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

Two conservationists with the Flamingo Working Group write that the American flamingo — a long lost Florida native that is ...

In fact, for decades most biologists believed that a flamingo seen in the wild was simply an escapee from one of several captive flocks in the area. As far as Florida’s wildlife authorities were ...

In winter, the 22-kilometre-long estuary of the Ría Celestún on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula attracts thousands of Caribbean flamingos, which congregate here to feed on the microscopic life in the ...

But things are looking up, lately, along the Space Coast, with some seeing pink — flamingos that is. Hundreds of birders will converge on the Indian River Lagoon region this week as the 26th ...

Junji Takasago (Japan) powers through altitude sickness to produce a dream-like scene. Junji crept towards the preening group of Chilean flamingos. Framing their choreography within the reflected ...

Poaching is one of the most serious threats facing the country's wildlife - In January, a buffalo, four hawks, a Mediterranean silverback and a palm civet were shot in January ...

Latest estimates suggest there are at least half a million greater flamingos - or Phoenicopterus roseus to use their scientific name - left in the wild. North Africa is one stop among many for ...