Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are common bird beak types you should look for and how they help birds ...

A new study has shed some new light on how the beaks of birds have adapted over time. A study, led by the University of Bristol, has shed some new light on how the beaks of birds have adapted over ...

If you want a fun learning experience, watch the birds at your feeders. Notice the different types of beaks and how their shapes dictate a bird’s dining habits — particularly the way it consumes black ...

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 ...

The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to researchers. The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to ...

Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might be a case of rapid evolution.

Birds are admired for their beauty, songs and flight. But in the wild a beak is far more than a feeding tool as it is a ...

Recent research indicates that dark-eyed junco songbirds at UCLA experienced rapid beak shape changes, potentially due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Kiwis, ibises and sandpipers share this sensory power with birds that lived millions of years ago. By Veronique Greenwood The ibis and the kiwi are dogged diggers, probing in sand and soil for worms ...

Every day, scientists uncover startling new information that reshapes our understanding of the ancient world. The latest groundbreaking discovery concerns a bird from the late Cretaceous period with a ...

A study, led by the University of Bristol, has shed some new light on how the beaks of birds have adapted over time. The observation that Galapagos finch species possessed different beak shapes to ...