(CNN) — Maya Totman says she’s never seen anything like this before: birds with beer cans forced over their heads. “This is sickening,” she said. “We are here to help the wildlife and this is what you ...

A crafty and slightly faster gull flies away with a small fish as an American white pelican appears to flaps its wing in frustration at a missed meal in the backwaters of the Yakima River near Bateman ...

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.

Q. On a coastal eco-tour in South Carolina, our guide pointed out brown pelicans and white ones. A bird map on the internet shows brown pelicans in the region, but not white pelicans. How many kinds ...