When picturing a flock of flamingos, we often imagine long pink legs planted in a shallow lake and heads submerged as they ...

Then there's the strange stomping of their feet. The study finds that flamingos' webbed toes create a pair of vortices that ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Flamingos, often pictured standing still with their heads submerged in water, make for a pretty picture.

Meanwhile, their beak is chattering underwater to create vortices that funnel prey into their mouths. Flamingos standing serenely in a shallow alkaline lake with heads submerged may seem to be ...

The beak of a flamingo is unique in being flattened on the angled front end, so that when the bird's head is upside down in the water, the flat portion is parallel to the bottom. This allows the ...

The chattering behavior of a flamingo creates eddies that draw small animals into its mouth, which are filtered out by serrations lining the beak. CREDIT: Victor Ortega Jiménez. “Flamingos are ...

Flamingos feed by dragging their flattened beaks forward along the bottom of shallow lakes. To increase the efficiency of feeding, they stomp dance to churn the bottom, create an upwelling vortex ...

Scientists studying Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo have now documented how these birds use their floppy, webbed feet, L-shaped beaks, and plunging heads to engineer swirling tornadoes in ...

Through studies of Chilean flamingos in the Nashville Zoo and analysis of 3D printed models of their feet and L-shaped bills, researchers have documented how the birds use their feet, heads and beaks ...

By combining footage of real birds with experiments using 3D-printed models of flamingo beaks and feet, the researchers discovered how these birds rely on a mix of footwork, head movement, and rapid ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that flamingos are dynamical predators. Using a combination of webbed feet, L-shaped beaks, and fast head movements ...