The 16th annual Pelican Plunge took place hundreds gathered on the beach at Hunting Island State Park to splash in the ...

Ring in 2024 with a jolt by jumping into the chilly Atlantic Ocean at Hilton Head or Hunting islands, where annual plunges are planned on New Year’s Day. Participants in the annual New Year’s Day ...

ON PELICAN LAKE, Wright County — “Here-they-are-take-’em!” Tim Bremicker shout-whispered with sudden urgency. Four redhead ducks had surprised us, coming out of the sun and, unlike every other flock ...

This week's Photo of the Week features a lone pelican hunting for its supper at sunset on Siesta Key Dinnertime for the pelicans is right around sunset. These skilled fishermen make the complicated ...

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Dressed as Superman, Will Proctor scampers from the cold ocean water Jan. 1, 2013, during the fifth annual Pelican Plunge at Hunting Island State Park. "It was cold, but it was all right once you got ...

The first rain of the year stopped just in time for participants of the eighth annual Hunting Island Pelican Plunge to splash into 2016. "It's a great way to start your year," Susan Heim, a ...

In 1854, a curious-looking spider was found preserved in 50 million-year-old amber. With an elongated neck-like structure and long mouthparts that protruded from the “head” like an angled beak, the ...

In 1854, a curious-looking spider was found preserved in 50 million-year-old amber. With an elongated neck-like structure and long mouthparts that protruded from the "head" like an angled beak, the ...

Scientists examined and analyzed hundreds of pelican spiders both in the field in Madagascar and through study of pelican spiders preserved in museum collections. Their analysis sorted the spiders ...