When it’s swept through waters of lagoons and marshes and kept slightly ajar, this long beak is the perfect trap for small ...

As Charles Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks ... long noted the unusual feeding behavior of phalaropes, which spin in circles on the water, creating a vortex that sweeps small ...

Their social nature keeps them in small flocks, often heard before seen due to their frog-like calls. The Black Skimmer has one of the most unique beaks in the bird world which are long ...

The small birds, known for their long beaks and ultra-fast wings that make them look like they're floating, begin heading north in late winter. Some species, like the Calliope Hummingbird ...

This small, but long-beaked and strong-toothed ... “One of the most common parts of the skeleton that birds use for aggressive displays is the rostrum, the beak. Having a weaponized beak makes ...

Birds come in all shapes and sizes, but some stand out due to their extraordinary beaks! From tools for fishing to built-in filters, these six birds have some of the most unusual beak designs in ...

On the Galapagos Islands, a ground finch that usually munched on small, soft seeds was ... space of a few generations, the bird evolved a larger but shorter beak better suited to cracking large ...

"Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it's just so weird—it has this long skull, and teeth only at the tip of its beak," study lead author Jingmai O'Connor, associate curator ...