A Canadian man was hit with animal abuse charges after he was accused of stealing a flamingo from a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip, then taking the bird to his room where he allegedly tortured it.

When you’re a flamingo, learning to walk can be a challenge. With their long, wobbly legs and webbed feet, flamingoes can have difficulty mastering the skill because they’re top-heavy and unsteady.

Today we learned that Don Featherstone, creator of the plastic pink flamingo, died yesterday at the age of 79. From the plastic bird's birth to its modern perch atop the pyramid of campy Americana, ...