But the gangly pink bird must unseat the mockingbird, which has been Florida’s official bird for 99 years, to gain the distinction Mooney says it deeply deserves.

Two male flamingos are now first time dads after they hatched an egg together at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The pair had been sitting on a fake egg earlier this year and, after showing off their ...

Miami native and current Florida House representative Jim Mooney hopes the flamingos' resurgence will sway lawmakers to ...

Today we learned that Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died yesterday at the age of 79. From the plastic bird's birth to its modern perch atop the pyramid of campy Americana, ...

Challenge your observation skills with this fun visual puzzle that tests how sharp your focus really is. Can your eyes spot ...

New Orleans resident Jennifer Coulson received an unusual text first thing in the morning last Friday: A flamingo was spotted in New Orleans East. Coulson, true to her birder nature, got the text at 8 ...

The pink plastic flamingo, a Florida-inspired icon that has been reviled as kitschy bad taste and revered as retro cool, is dead at age 49. The pop culture symbol met its demise after its manufacturer ...

A question flamingo researchers get asked all the time — why the birds stand on one leg — may need rethinking. The bigger puzzle may be why flamingos bother standing on two. Balance aids built into ...