Flamingos have been famous for their striking pink feathers long before Barbie made it fashionable, but what exactly makes ...

Chicks hatch with white feathers that turn gray—and later take their pink color from aqueous bacteria and beta-carotene obtained from their food. Although flamingos have become a visual cliché ...

DESCRIPTION: The Andean flamingo is both the most rare and tallest of all six species of flamingo. It has a traditional pink coloration throughout its body, with a pale yellow face and black tail ...

Young flamingos have grey or white feathers and develop their pinkish hue after a diet of brine shrimp and blue-green algae ...