Here's why: In modern birds, the skeleton underneath the beak is largely formed by a single bone. "You can sort of think of this as a set of rules that all living birds follow," from skinny beaked ...

The toucan family includes five extant genera and over 40 different species. Some of these birds have names like aracari or toucanet, but they all sport that large, comical bill. Their size and ...

The toucan has not been seen since, but Rapoza reassures, "That doesn't mean that the bird is gone." In fact, several days elapsed between the last day it was reported before TAS' Saturday walk.