Bird beaks come in all shapes and sizes. The variation allows different species of birds to feed on different things. This can help reduce the need to compete for resources when birds live in the same ...

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 ...

A new study suggests that beak morphology shifted rapidly during the COVID‑19 pandemic, likely in response to changes in food ...

A new study suggests that Anna's Hummingbirds in the western United States are not only keeping up with human influence on their habitat, they're thriving. According to a recent study in Global Change ...

For a brief period during the pandemic, cities slowed down in ways rarely seen. Streets emptied, food waste declined, and ...

Foreword / by Scott Weidensaul -- Introduction : It's tough to be a bird -- Birds, beaks, and bellies : the whys and wherefores of foraging -- Can you see UV? : how birds employ their sensory ...

The researchers came across this discovery through the use of picocam, a 3D-modeling technology that Mansfield developed, ...

Sometimes nature surprises us with extraordinary products of evolution. One prime example is the extraordinary sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera). These relatively small birds have carved a ...