A same-sex lesser flamingo pair that is raising a chick at the Safari Park on Tuesday. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) ...

Dads are on duty at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, where a pair of flamingo foster parents are raising a chick together.

Lake Natron is a soda lake in northern Tanzania with a volcanic geology that maintains the water's pH around 10.5, which is almost as caustic as ammonia. Some life-forms thrive there nevertheless.

Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an artificial dam outside South Africa ...

Two male lesser flamingos are officially first-time dads after fostering a chick at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, officials confirmed.

While millions of lesser flamingos inhabit the world, they are in decline and are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

A same-sex lesser flamingo pair that is raising a chick at the Safari Park on Tuesday. (Ana Ramirez / The San Diego Union-Tribune) ...

The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed 12 new, near-threatened lesser flamingo chicks to the adult flock, a breed native to Africa and India, 45 worldwide.

Lesser flamingos are currently considered near-threatened, rather than endangered, by the International Union for Conservation of Nature: there are 2-3 million left, four-fifths of them spread ...

By Tim CocksUntil the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an artificial dam outside ...

KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) -Until the last half-decade, the majestic lesser flamingo had four African breeding sites: two salt pans in Botswana and Namibia, a soda lake in Tanzania, and an ...