A question flamingo researchers get asked all the time — why the birds stand on one leg — may need rethinking. The bigger puzzle may be why flamingos bother standing on two. Balance aids built into ...

If you’ve watched flamingos at the zoo – or if you’re lucky, in the wild – you’ve likely wondered how flamingos manage to sleep standing on one leg. Of course, as humans, we think standing on one leg ...

Flamingos are striking not only for their brilliant pink plumes, but for how they often stand on a single slender leg, even when asleep. Now scientists find that standing on one leg may ...

While flamingo fans are known to wobble and sway at a certain pink-themed Baton Rouge parade, consider for a moment the Spanish Town mascot and its uncanny ability to balance on one leg. That's what ...