One of the most exciting birds to spot in Costa Rica is the toucan. With their huge colorful beaks and quirky personalities, ...

No one knows how or why someone cut off the beak of this toucan, but the bird arrived at the Zoo Ave Rescue Center in San Jose missing most of it's top beak. Without it, Grecia isn't able to feed ...

The toucan's colourful - and comical - beak has made it one of the world's most recognisable birds. Now researchers have solved the mystery of why their bills are so large. A study has found that ...

Originally described as “grossly monstrous” by the Comte de Buffon, the toucan's beak was theorized by Charles Darwin to be related to sexual selection. The toucans with the biggest bills ...

They use their beak to reach food far out on branches or deep into tree cavities. Finding and catching food is aided by a toucan’s long tongue, which can measure up to 5.9 inches. Aside from ...

When you’re a toucan, you need your beak. It’s a pretty important part of your identity. Tieta was a toucan with a big problem. She was missing about half of her upper beak. Thanks to some ...

A toucan can thank the marvels of 3-D printing for a life-changing procedure. It's not clear how the bird named Tieta lost the upper part of her beak, but veterinarians at a Brazilian wildlife ...

Remember the toucan in Costa Rica who had its upper beak hacked off by a perpetrator who was never found? Well, here's an update to a story we first told you about last year. And, spoiler alert ...

An injured toucan found on the side of the road is now the owner of a new 3D-printed beak. "Tuc Tuc" was missing a large portion of its lower beak when it was rescued, so Cícero Moraes ...

Tieta was rescued from an animal fair in Rio de Janeiro In a ground-breaking project, a Brazilian toucan which lost the upper part of its beak while being trafficked has been fitted with a ...