Exotic bird whose beak was ravaged by cancer is fitted with a 3D printed prosthetic in life-saving operation Jary, a 22-year-old Great Pied Hornbill in Singapore, had cancer in his bill ...

Bird beaks did not adapt to food types as previously thought Pictures depicting three different tasks (display, preening and feeding) the Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), one of the 176 bird ...

The new findings, published in Science, have led scientists to speculate that the changes in beak length and DNA are linked to the relatively recent practice of putting out food for garden birds ...

With a beak full of ultra-strong teeth, this weird prehistoric bird may seem like a fearsome predator. However, a new study has found that the Longipteryx chaoyangensis actually feasted on fruit ...

More recently, despite the number of bird species continuing to rise, there has been a slowdown in bird beak diversity. Thus, the birds that have evolved in the past 30-40 million years have beak ...

The extinct flightless pigeon has captured imaginations for over 400 years. Experts and artists are now revealing how much we ...

News David Raven Deputy Editor 15:11, 08 Jul 2015 Updated 15:13, 08 Jul 2015 Nice to bait you: The bee-eater bird catching the bat (Image: Rex) ...

Birds' beaks may have an evolutionary history that started with an adolescent dinosaur losing its teeth, scientists believe. Limusaurus, which lived 160 million years ago, hatched from its egg ...