Scientists have pieced together the skull of a strange ancient bird, revealing a primitive beak lined with teeth. The "transitional" bird sheds light on a pivotal point in the pathway from ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

For wildlife, climate change is a bit like the "final boss" the protagonist faces in a video game: big, hulking and ...

A bird beak is the most important resource it has, and every species has one solely designed for survival. Birds use beaks ...

FAU researchers spent five years studying the gut microbiomes of Northern cardinals, a common backyard songbird known for its ...

RENO, Nev.— In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the rare western wildflower Tecopa bird’s beak may qualify for ...

Our two pieces of recent research identified that, in response to warming, more than 100 species of Australian birds have developed smaller bodies and bigger beaks over time. When we talk about ...