Shoebill stork is one of the most fascinating and prehistoric-looking birds still alive today, often described as the ...

Gasp and behold the rare Balaeniceps rex. Also known as a whalehead, or the whale-headed stork, the breathtaking, prehistoric-looking shoebill stork has frightened and charmed its human observers in ...

Shoebills, despite often being called shoebill storks, are not actually storks at all. They are alone in their evolutionary family, with their closest living relatives being the Pelecaniformes ...

You’d probably drop and take cover, only to discover that the source of the sound is actually the one-of-a-kind shoebill stork! Shoebill storks look like something out of a dark fantasy novel.

ZooTampa's Africa animal care team moved their shoebill stork to a secure indoor enclosure on Sept. 26 before Hurricane Ian struck Tampa. This video has no audio.