No leg to stand on for Australia's flamingos
The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that remain of the lush green places three species of pink flamingos once thrived the outback.
The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that remain of the lush green places three species of pink flamingos once thrived the outback.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2020
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Bright pink flamingos are more aggressive than paler rivals when fighting over food, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2020
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Home confinement rules have upset some people in Albania, but humans getting their wings clipped during the coronavirus pandemic has allowed flamingos and other birds to flourish in a coastal lagoon by the Adriatic Sea.
Ecology
May 10, 2020
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Flamingos form friendships that last for years, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Apr 14, 2020
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After months of helping rehabilitate a group of lesser flamingo chicks abandoned in South Africa, the Dallas Zoo has released dozens of the birds back into the wild.
Ecology
May 15, 2019
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An invention designed to transform how and where high-powered research microscopes are deployed—and who gets to use them—will make its way from Madison this spring to the fertile biology labs of greater Boston.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2019
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A special airlift for thousands of baby flamingos is under way in South Africa as drought has put their breeding ground in peril.
Ecology
Feb 1, 2019
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To many people, flamingos are synonymous with Florida, tacky lawn ornaments and cocktails on the beach. But their silly reputation belies their incredible survival skills.
Other
Jan 24, 2019
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What do captive flamingos do at night, when their zoo or wildlife park is closed?
Plants & Animals
Sep 7, 2018
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A French director said Monday he would abandon filming at a Mediterranean wetlands after a pilot sparked a panic among a huge flock of pink flamingos, causing hundreds of them to abandon their eggs.
Ecology
Jul 2, 2018
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