Typically Australian pelicans weigh between 8.8 pounds (4 kilograms) to 15 pounds (6.5 kilograms). Some specimens have weighed up to 18 pounds (8.2 kilograms) The species can be found near the aquatic ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — You’ve heard of great white shark sightings, but what about the Great White Pelican sightings? Here are nine facts about the rare bird: 1. Birdwatchers from across the country ...

2004-07-13 04:00:00 PDT Chase Lake National Wildlife Refuge, N.D.-- From a bluff looming over a remote section of shoreline here, an observer ought to be able to peer down at swarms of American white ...

SWOOP – and it’s gone. Hawaiians call the frigatebird “iwa”, meaning thief. The metre-long bird evolved not only to hunt the seas, but to steal from those that do. Here one acrobatically grabs a piece ...

Seeing clusters of American white pelicans floating on the waters of Fox Lake means better weather is not far behind. The annual rite of spring follows a migration path that brings them to the area ...

The winter months bring in colder weather in Arizona and, with it, a wave of animals that migrate through the Copper State. The snow and cold temperatures in places near Flagstaff and Pinetop-Lakeside ...

Rescuers are running out of room to help hundreds of emaciated and sick California brown pelicans along the West Coast. At least 250 brown pelicans were treated over the past month at the ...

Some Louisiana pelicans have been given a new chance on the Texas coast. They were rescued from coastal areas contaminated with oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill. They were cleaned and transported ...