Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are common bird beak types you should look for and how they help birds ...

It was a spirited debate between friends that surfaced every time we got together. It was not about politics, the economy or the weather, but the more significant question, do birds have bills or ...

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New research on song sparrows offers a new take on bird-beak evolution that is more nuanced than earlier ideas based on finch studies A finch's beak evolves according to the size and shape of ...

Unity Hall, in collaboration with the Utica Children’s Museum and the Barneveld Library, invites families to take part in an ...

Certain birds in the U.K. have longer beaks than their non-U.K. brethren of the same species. Evolutionary biologists suggest that it’s the British people’s fondness for setting out bird feeders that ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska --Biologist Colleen Handel saw her first black-capped chickadee with the heartrending disorder in 1998. The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska’s largest city with ...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how modern birds evolved to have beaks, and the answer starts millions of years ago with some of the sexiest dinosaurs. Modern gulls, with their large ...