While flamingos are often associated with tropical climates, the waters they wade through can be surprisingly cool. Water, even when it’s not freezing, draws heat away from the body much faster ...

HABITAT: These flamingos prefer shallow wetlands at various elevations of the Andes Mountains. Most of these wetlands are endoreic, or “closed” bodies of water that do not drain into the sea, so they ...

In 2009, it was feared that Lake Nakuru was drying up. Most of the lake had been reduced to a pan with tourists and motorists walking around as the magnificence and splendour of the flamingo ...