From their prehistoric past to clever fishing skills, dive into the fascinating world of brown and white pelicans with these pelican facts.

Like a flying dinosaur straight out of Jurassic Park, the Brown Pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis) has prehistoric antecedents going back 30 million years. One of the largest of our water birds, an ...

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 ...

I’ve just returned from a Florida vacation, where I spent most of my time being entertained by the pelicans. Is the pelican Florida’s state bird? If it isn’t, it should be. –Joan, New Bedford, MA No ...