The flamingo is an icon of Florida, but there's more to the flashy bird than bold pink feathers and lanky legs. Here are five facts you maybe didn't know about flamingos: 1) Flamingos weren't ...

The heaviest and tallest flamingo is the greater flamingo, which stands at 3.9 to 4.7 feet tall and weighs 4.6 to 9 pounds. The shortest and lightest flamingo is the lesser flamingo, which stands at 2 ...

The lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor, stands between four and five feet high but is the smallest of the six flamingo species. With the greater flamingo, it is one of two Old World flamingo species ...

What do you call a flock of flamingoes? And what exactly is the nub in the middle of their long legs? The answers to these questions and more are now on display at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. Last ...

We're all familiar with the flamingo's signature one-legged stance. But what first caused this behavioral norm? And doesn't that standing leg get tired after a while? Here, we uncover why flamingos ...

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 ...