Along its red beak, the bird has a faded flesh-toned red that looks like it’s translucent and shows the blood underneath. The genus name “Haematopus” is Greek for blood-footed! 13.

So the birds that were the winners in the game of natural selection lived to reproduce. The big-beaked finches just happened to be the ones favored by the particular set of conditions Nature ...

But this volcanic island is home to an unusual group of birds: vampire ground finches. Photographer Thomas P Peschak had the rare opportunity to visit the island and witness the blood-drinking ...

For example, the cactus finch has a long beak that reaches into blossoms, the ground finch has a short beak adapted for eating seeds buried under the soil, and the tree finch has a parrot-shaped ...