The pink dye, believed to be human hair dye, is causing severe health issues for Flamingo the pigeon, who was found in New York City's Madison Square Park Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE.

Fellow Floridians, we owe the American flamingo a lot. Let us count the ways. First, and most obviously, we have been using it as our pink mascot for decades. We slap it onto just about everything to ...

PARMA, Ohio – Parma police are still searching for the vandals, who ripped the city’s 7-foot pink flamingo from its concrete pad near the script Parma sign early Saturday morning. But now they have a ...

MANHATTAN (WABC) -- Flamingo, the pink pigeon that made headlines for its brightly colored feathers, has died. The Wild Bird Fund said Tuesday that he died from inhaling the toxins of dye. The rescue ...

It doesn’t fly and it’s certainly not native to Madison. But the Madison City Council on Tuesday voted 15-4 to make the plastic pink flamingo – of Bascom Hill prank fame, circa 1979 – the city’s ...

The Florida Legislature has once again pulled out its binoculars and is scanning the skies for a new state bird. With such an impressive array of avian life, our current state bird, the northern ...

Florida birds had a rough year that ruffled many feathers, especially among enthusiasts who love to watch them. Avian influenza hit close to home, with dozens of birds euthanized at a Palm Shores ...

The bright pink bird won supporters beyond New York City as people hoped the young king pigeon, dubbed Flamingo, would survive its ordeal of being dyed with chemicals and then released into the wild.

MOSS LANDING — A pink flamingo native to Africa and Southern Asia has been spotted in the Elkhorn Slough wetlands, according to Capt. Yohn Gideon of Elkhorn Slough Safari. In the past week and a half, ...

When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I’ve ...

Will the mockingbird be dethroned after nearly 100 years as Florida's state bird? Some lawmakers want this pink replacement.