A human day-hiker usually carries a lunch in a backpack and may require a canine companion to do likewise. However, other animals carry lunch internally, in special storage compartments. Here are some ...

Perhaps you've read the Ogden Nash limerick about "that wonderful bird the pelican" whose "bill can hold more than his belican." The American white pelican, a species that nests in Minnesota, has a ...

An American white pelican shows off its gular pouch as a flock of the birds rest in the Yellowstone River near Laurel on Tuesday. The migratory birds winter along the Pacific coast from California to ...

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