Don’t let their lanky appearance and beautiful, soft pink plumage fool you, flamingos are totally metal. They are ...

In muddy flats or shallow water, they use their long legs and webbed feet to stir ... Shrimplike crustaceans are responsible for the flamingo's pink color. The birds pale in captivity unless ...

A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that ... turn gray—and later take their pink color from aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene ...