Shoebills are not aggressive toward humans by nature, but their size and powerful beak make close encounters tense and ...

Shoebill storks have been called the world’s most terrifying bird (though the cassowary might disagree). These stately wading birds stalk the marshes of South Sudan, Uganda, and elsewhere in tropical ...

Just the name “shoebill” is a clue that this is a strange bird. The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) is a type of stork so named ...

Our are filled with digital depictions of mythical, fictional, and imaginary beasts. But every once in a while, we cover a piece of media featuring a real animal that is so strange looking that ...

"The legendary 'death stare' of the Shoebill is always the moment of the day." ...

Meet this modern-day dinosaur with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Explorers. There are dinosaurs among us! Meet the modern-day dinosaur: the Balaeniceps Rex Shoebill, or B-Rex. Learn from San Diego Zoo ...

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.

With the 4ft bird towering over it, the duck started quacking and flapping its wings. But the Shoebill simply picked up the duck, moved it out of the way and continued on its way. The pictures were ...