Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are the most common bird beak types to look for and how they help birds find food.
Scientists have pieced together the skull of a strange ancient bird, revealing a primitive beak lined with teeth. The "transitional" bird sheds light on a pivotal point in the pathway from ...
She is a barn owl and like all birds she has feathers, two feet and two wings. Birds also have beaks instead of teeth. Around the world, birds come in many different colours, shapes and sizes from ...
A Steller’s sea eagle was spotted in Terra Nova National Park in Canada, thousands of miles from its home in Far East Asia.
Its hooked beak is all raptor. Birds are no less diverse behaviorally ... Thick-billed murres can dive underwater to a depth of 700 feet, peregrine falcons downward through the air at 240 miles ...
Our two pieces of recent research identified that, in response to warming, more than 100 species of Australian birds have developed smaller bodies and bigger beaks over time. When we talk about ...
Australian birds are changing shape due to rising temperatures. Over 100 species show smaller bodies and larger beaks, aiding heat dissipation. Long-term warming increases beak size, but short ...