It’s pretty safe to say that a bird’s beak is one of its most obvious features. And it’s super important! It’s used for ...

A red-tailed hawk was found at IU Memorial Stadium beak-down in a substance called polyurethane. Here's how she was rescued.

15 Birds With Unbelievable Beaks These are the flashiest, most specialized beaks around.

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.

It may look gruesome, but shrikes impale their prey to store it and aid in eating. Learn all about this fascinating killer songbird.

Researchers have modelled a pair of tweezers to mimic the shape of the 4.3 centimetre average beak of the New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides) – an intelligent species of bird known to use ...

What happens in a crow’s brain when it uses tools? Researchers trace the areas of the brain that are active when birds are using tools.

Tweezers based on the shape of a crow’s beak can work better at picking up objects than the types people have used for thousands of years. Archaeologists have found tweezers dating back to 2450 ...

Few people have the tenacity of ecologists Peter and Rosemary Grant, willing to spend part of each year since 1973 in a tent on a tiny, barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would ...

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

This bird's big beak more closely resembles those of modern birds. This is a curious finding. Modern birds are much more diverse than ancient ones when it comes to their faces.