Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A shoebill looks on in its enclosure at Pairi Daiza animal park in Brugelette, western Belgium. Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it ...

There are some weird and wacky creatures out in the animal kingdom, from immortal jellyfish to mites that live on our eyelashes. However, there is no species so stern-looking and intimidating as the ...

With its massive shoe-shaped beak and piercing eyes, the shoebill looks more prehistoric than modern. Standing up to 1.5 metres tall, shoebills are among the largest stork-like birds in the world.

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.

Is it a bird, is it a plane, is it a flying prehistoric beast that has returned? Try the former. The shoebill bird can be found from South Sudan to Zambia. The bird, which is related to pelicans and ...