Between the bird’s beak and a skull shape that perfectly protects its brain, a woodpecker doesnt have to worry about concussions while boring for food or creating a new home. Many birds rely on ...

A newly analysed fossil skull settles a palaeontological debate over Vegavis iaai, confirming it as a relative of ducks and ...

It’s pretty safe to say that a bird’s beak is one of its most obvious features. And it’s super important! It’s used for ...

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.

The Java sparrow is ready for the video recording. As I hold it carefully in my hand in order to transfer it to the recording ...

The near-complete fossil skull, unearthed on Vega Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, reveals a bird that thrived in the ...

Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, a bird resembling today's loons and grebes dove for fish and other prey in the perilous ...