A group of flamingos is most famously called a 'flamboyance'. Officials in India use satellite rings to track Greater Flamingo migration. Flamingos get their pink color from carotenoids in their diet.

Navi Mumbai: The season's first flamingos touched down in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai wetlands, exciting bird lovers and environmentalists as the elegant birds signalled the return of the region's annual ...

Flamingo's vibrant pink and red plumage is a direct result of their diet, rich in carotenoids from algae and crustaceans. This coloration is further enhanced by cosmetic secretions during preening, ...

Have you ever stopped to wonder why flamingos look like they’ve stepped out of a tropical sunset? With their striking pink, coral, and sometimes even reddish feathers, these birds are among the most ...

Terry Johnson, a guitarist, arranger and vocalist remembered for his version of “I Only Have Eyes for You” that he sang with the 1950s pop vocal group, The Flamingos, died Oct. 8 in Las Vegas. The ...

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds ...

Jerome Lorenz has received funding from The Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Family Foundation, the Batchelor Foundation and the Ron Magill Conservation Endowment. He is retired from the National Audubon ...

Some animals don’t age at the same pace, and flamingos may hold the key to why. A decades-long study in France reveals that resident flamingos, which stay put, enjoy early-life advantages but pay ...

Migration has critical impacts on life trajectories by shaping mortality and reproductive outcomes. These findings are important for our knowledge on the biology of aging. A flock of Pink Flamingos ...

Is aging inevitable? While most living beings age, some do so more slowly than others. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science addresses a fascinating question: ...

In 2019, Victor Ortega Jiménez was visiting the Atlanta zoo with his family when he became mesmerized by a flock of Chilean flamingos. The flamingos were feeding, their long necks squiggled into the ...