Believe it or not, those pink plastic lawn flamingos that decorate yards all over the country, particularly in states such as Florida, were once status symbols, sorta. Here are five facts about their ...

In 2018 an unaccompanied pink flamingo from the Caribbean appeared at the St. Marks Wildlife Refuge in Wakulla County, blown in by Hurricane Michael. Seasoned birders, nature photographers and anyone ...

Filmmaker John Waters, the proud “Pope of Trash,” is no stranger to weird questions. But at a recent audience Q&A when someone asked him, “How did you avoid getting cancer?” he was flummoxed. “I ...

If there's one thing I know about baby flamingos, it's that they look nothing like fully grown flamingos. They're not pink, and they don't have gorgeous feathers or long legs. But that doesn't mean ...

Rebecca Chapman remembers the moment vividly. She was standing on a beach along the Indian River on Merritt Island watching a man next to her doing a “happy dance on his twinkle toes.” “He was giddy.

Wisconsin is the land of dairy cows, and certainly badgers, but what about flamingos? Multiple flamingos were spotted at a beach along Lake Michigan on Friday, something that has never happened in ...

The Paignton Zoo has a lot to celebrate after their first successful Flamingo egg hatching since 2018, thanks to a same-sex couple. On August 12, 2024, the Paignton Zoo shared an update on its ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at environmental ...