Now, a team of scientists in the UK hopes to analyze the beak shape of every species of bird on the planet. With about 10,000 bird species alive today, that’s quite a project. Luckily, they will ...

A small bird with a long pointed beak, the obscure timberdoodle is an upland enigma you will love to hunt. 743K ; 204K ; 62K ; 108K ; Search for: Search for: Hunting. Big Game Hunting; ... and bird ...

TAMPA (REUTERS/AP/WKRC) - A medical team in Florida has successfully replaced the beak of a cancer-stricken great hornbill bird with a 3D-printed prosthetic. When veterinarians at ZooTampa first ...

“The beak is such a malleable trait, natural selection acts on it in so many different directions,” said Alexandre, pointing out that cold temperatures can make the bill smaller, because birds ...

The bird was hanging from its beak, and I could not tell why. It was over my head. And like a trite analogy about turtles atop fence posts, it did not get there on its own, I assumed.

Your backyard bird feeder could be changing the birds that use it. A former UC Berkeley grad student, Nicolas M. Alexandre, along with a team of other researchers, published a study last week in ...

Using a 3D reconstruction, the scientists showed that the bird had a long, narrow beak enhanced with powerful jaw muscles, ...

Gavage feeding is commonly indicated for anorectic animals or for oral dosing of medications and compounds. This column describes the proper technique for tube feeding in the psittacine bird.