We all enjoy seeing birds in our gardens. But how much do you know about a bird anatomy? If you asked the average person to describe a bird, the answer probably would be a quick overview of its ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size—from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle. We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is ...

A pretty yellow bird—but look at that beak! With the Akiapōlāʻau, it’s not just the name that’s special. When tackling twigs, ...

It was a spirited debate between friends that surfaced every time we got together. It was not about politics, the economy or the weather, but the more significant question, do birds have bills or ...

What’s small, winged, and slams its beak into trees? If you said a woodpecker, you’re not entirely wrong. But woodpeckers don ...

For wildlife, climate change is a bit like the "final boss" the protagonist faces in a video game: big, hulking and inescapable. This formidable enemy has forced wildlife to alter where and how they ...

Woodpeckers never naturally colonized Hawaii. But nature hates a vacuum, so evolution in Hawaiʻi developed its own version.

Scientists worried the bird would reject his new beak, which doesn’t have sensation like his original beak ARTIS, Ronald van Weeren ARTIS and Utrecht University in the Netherlands created custom ...