White pelicans are one of the largest bird species in North American and were wiped out in Washington state until 1993.

By Mongabay.com Oil-soaked pelicans struggling to fly came to symbolize the catastrophic impacts of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the inhabitants of the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen years ...

For last year’s event, the state recorded roughly 1,000 pelicans captured for rehabilitation — and in 2022, for similar reasons, 800. This year, there are only 250 ailing pelicans tallied so ...

Mysterious, endangered ‘ghost elephant’ seen for the first time in years: ‘Might now be the last’ By . Caroline Cubbin. Published June 18, 2025, 3:35 p.m. ET.

SAN FRANCISCO – The sight of brown pelicans diving headfirst into the ocean in pursuit of a meal represents one of the distinctive visual images of the California coast, their dramatic flight ...

Yakama Nation researchers are shooting pelicans near the Yakima River in Benton County. Research had been announced to study their impact on salmon populations.

The pelicans we see in Alameda are a subspecies of brown pelicans, the California brown pelican (pelecanus occidentalis californicus), smallest of the seven pelican species found around the world ...

Endangered sharks are being brutally wiped out in the Pacific Ocean at record pace by industrial fishermen — and environmental activists are now exposing the “devastating” practice to the world.

Yakama Nation officials are authorized to shoot pelicans near Tri-Cities for research. Tribe aims to study pelicans’ diet and salmon impact under federal collection permit. White pelicans remain ...

Oil-soaked pelicans struggling to fly came to symbolize the catastrophic impacts of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill on the inhabitants of the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen years later, brown ...

Times have been tough for brown pelicans before. The birds almost went extinct in the 1960s, thanks to the now-banned pesticide DDT, and were listed as endangered until 2009. Warming seas present a ...