What happens when a pelican takes over your boat like it pays rent? You get even—with a feather-friendly prank! In this ...

A pelican in the Florida Keys mistook a cell phone for a fish and snatched it out of a woman’s hand, eating the device. Staff at a wild bird center were able to safely remove the phone from the ...

Why Is a Pelican Like a Whale? By Riley Black. December 19, 2011 ... and brown pelican, and a double-crested cormorant (another fish-eating bird with a different method of fishing).

Weighing up to 30 pounds and supported by short, stubby orange legs with webbed feet, the American white pelican waddles like penguins when moving on land. All the while, a supersized orange bill juts ...

Bird watching enthusiasts from around Central New York and beyond have been flocking to Syracuse's Inner Harbor the past few days to watch and photograph a rare (for these parts) American white ...

Whatever you think you know about pelicans, “Pelican Dreams” will surprise you. I like that filmmaker Judy Irving names one of the stars Gigi, short for Golden Gate Bridge, which the injured ...

[Author’s note: The book is in, and the field season is here. I’m going out for a week of fieldwork to clear my brain (and, of course, look for fossils). In the meantime, here’s a post from ...