A flamingo is not born pink. Many flamingo chicks start out grey or whitish, and their colour deepens over time. The famous pink comes from pigments called caro ...

Flamingos look graceful, but when it's time to eat, they're very silly. "All of their feeding behavior is so weird," says Steven Whitfield, the director of terrestrial and wetlands conservation at the ...

Flamingoes are fairly large birds with a curvy neck and long legs, and they’re famous for their pink color and how they stand on one leg. There are five different species of flamingo, one of which is ...

Flamingos are unique birds. They eat upside down, stand on one leg and have pink feathers! While these traits make flamingos fun to watch, it is even more fun to learn why flamingos are the way they ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Flamingos are a pretty underrated bird. But ...