A brown pelican is in recovery after undergoing surgery to repair her pouch, “which was severed from the base to the tip on both sides,” a California nonprofit said. A woman first spotted the bird, ...

Similar injuries to birds have been reported along the California coastline from Ventura to Dana Point over the past five years but no arrests have been made in those cases. Click to share on Facebook ...

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.

After more than six weeks, multiple surgeries and more than 500 stitches, a pelican called “Blue” made her way home from the shores of an isolated San Pedro beach on Thursday, April 25 — concluding a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A California brown pelican with a severed pouch — thought to be caused by an act of human cruelty — is expected to recover after being handed off to the ...