They help the environment, but they also help our souls. In 2018 we’ll explore the wonder of birds, and why we can’t live without them. An American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) comes into ...

This story appears in the April 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler—absurdly long legs, knobby ankles (that look like ...

When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I ...