If you’ve seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa’s Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real.

There are some weird and wacky creatures out in the animal kingdom, from immortal jellyfish to mites that live on our eyelashes. However, there is no species so stern-looking and intimidating as the ...

The shoebill stork is critically endangered: The few thousand thought to remain live in East Africa between South Sudan and Zambia. They can grow to a 1.5m tall and draw their name from the bulbous ...

With its massive shoe-shaped beak and piercing eyes, the shoebill looks more prehistoric than modern. Standing up to 1.5 metres tall, shoebills are among the largest stork-like birds in the world.

I'm *supposed* to be writing this article, but I keep going back to watch the video again and again because IT'S FREAKING ME OUT! My brain is on the struggle bus: it looks like a broken down "Five ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 weirdest birds in the world.

Shoebill stork. This bird, an African species, is best known for its prehistoric look that continues to baffle biologists. This stork is red listed by IUCN-The World Conservation Union as vulnerable, ...

Katakwi-The rare Shoebill bird species said to be found only at the shores of Lake Opeta (Bisina) in Katakwi District in Uganda are feared to have become extinct. The whereabouts of the few surviving ...