MORRO BAY, Calif. (AP) — On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans gather on rock promontories, packed in like edgy commuters as they take flight to feed on a vast school of fish ...

Pelicans are large water birds known for their “scooping” mouth pouch used to catch fish in the water. There are currently eight living pelican species present in many regions around the world.

Last month, a mob of pelicans amassed on the Central California coast, diving in droves for fish prey in the turbulent waters ...

Nature is red of tooth and claw, as the old saying goes. But also, it is red of beak, as the skillful predatory instincts of so many bird species prove. When one thinks of ruthless avian hunters, the ...

POCATELLO, Idaho -- It's badger and skunk versus pelican in the latest round of Idaho wildlife managers' fight to control these big birds that they blame for eating too many fish. The state Department ...