A flamingo looks like a bird cooked up by an exuberant preschooler ... Chicks hatch with white feathers that turn gray—and later take their pink color from aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene ...

The Roseate Spoonbill, its feathers colored pink from the crustaceans they eat, is one of six species of spoonbills and the only one found in the Americas, according to Cornell University’s Lab ...

"We would never fully colour a [bird] bright pink." Ms Smith said she might just need to be content with not knowing the answer. "No-one seems to know the real reason," she said. "I would just ...