ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It’s official—the brown pelican has been designated the official bird of St. Petersburg. The bird has already been an unofficial symbol of the city for decades, but Mayor Rick ...

NEW ORLEANS — Federal officials announced Wednesday that they were removing the brown pelican from the endangered species list, capping a century-long recovery that started under President Theodore ...

The Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting the moments and people that connect and inspire us. Today, ...

A citizen count of brown pelicans from Baja California north to Washington state was held at dusk on May 7, and according to preliminary results announced on Wednesday, 6,378 total birds were counted.

CALIFORNIA BAY, La. — Hounded by hunters and fishermen, driven to near-extinction by chemical pollution, the brown pelican has survived a century of human abuse — only to face another challenge from ...

Not so long ago, the Pelican State lost its namesake bird. A chemical used to kill insects also induced the animals to lay eggs with too-thin shells. "Instead of eggs, heavily DDT-infested Brown ...

A California brown pelican with a severed pouch — thought to be caused by an act of human cruelty — is expected to recover after being handed off to the International Bird Rescue in San Pedro earlier ...

SARASOTA, Fla. ( WWSB) – Marine Patrol Officers rescued a pelican that was found tangled in fishing gear on Sarasota Bay.

The nonprofit International Bird Rescue is sounding the alarm about what it calls a "pelican crisis" in L.A. County. The number of sick Brown pelicans at the group's L.A. Wildlife Center has topped ...

American white pelicans are a show-stopper for nearly everyone who sees them when they return to Tampa Bay in the late fall.

CALIFORNIA BAY, La. (AP) — Hounded by hunters and fishermen, driven to near-extinction by chemical pollution, the brown pelican has survived a century of human abuse — only to face another challenge ...