A pelican with a life-threatening beak deformity emerged from a successful, first-of-its kind surgical procedure Sunday, and is now gulping fish at a furious rate as it recovers in Huntington ...

A white pelican that spent months recovering from surgery on a twisted beak was released back into the wild Wednesday.Nigel – discovered to be a female after the name was given – was set free ...

Months ago, a pelican was spotted in Irvine tangled in fishing line, hooks and a lure. Nigel the pelican released after first-of-a-kind beak surgery - Los Angeles Times ...

While visiting a bird sanctuary, a TikTok […] The post If You’ve Never Seen Baby Pelicans, We Bet You’d Never Guess Just How ...

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 ...

Months ago, a pelican was spotted in Irvine tangled in fishing line, hooks and a lure. Rescuers said the bird was wrapped like a pretzel as they worked for days to free and treat her. This week ...

With big, orange feet and a hulking bill that expands to take in 3 gallons of water, the American white pelican has been described — by its fans — as peculiar, gangly and clownish.

Seeking to draw attention to the problem of littering in Louisiana, Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser’s office tweeted a heartbreaking photograph this week: It showed a white pelican with a beak ...

This is Big Bird, a Great White pelican who lost his flock after a storm hit Lake Tanganyika. Injured, unable to feed himself, he desperately landed at the beach of the Greystoke Mahale Camp in ...

The name pelican is derived from the Greek meaning “axe” and applied to birds that cut wood with their bills or beaks. The American white pelican that can be seen in Colorado are very large ...