But have you ever wondered why so many birds have red beaks? In some cases, a red beak helps them attract mates. For others, it helps with camouflage in their natural habitat. In most cases ...

Birds use beaks for just about everything: building nests, feeding their young, cleaning their feathers, defending themselves and eating (of course). But while birders have been able to pin down ...

Birds also have beaks instead of teeth ... Large eagles can also be found here in the UK using their long sharp claws to catch food. Look carefully in a garden or a park and you would probably ...

With spring officially upon us, local hikers and outdoor enthusiasts have a much greater chance of coming upon orphaned or ...

Birds have a unique digestive system that allows them to eat when they can—usually on the fly—and digest later. They use their beaks to grab and swallow food. Even the way a bird reproduces is ...

This odd, crow-sized creature had long legs and three toes tipped with claws ... Cretaceous early birds would have looked quite strange to our eyes, with their toothed beaks and clawed fingers.

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.

These birds do not have sharp predator's claws, but they will raid birds' nests for eggs or even young hatchlings. These long-lived birds have survived over 75 years in captivity, but they ...

In Alaska during the mid-1990s, bird experts noticed an uptick in overgrown, warped beaks among black-capped chickadees ... “It’s a gut-wrenching experience when we see these small birds with gross ...

Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws or toucan beaks. “The data that is stored in the herbarium is a scientific treasure that ...

Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws or toucan beaks. Gardeners have cultivated Heliconia species for centuries as striking ...