Since beak length is known to be associated with food availability, the researchers speculate that the U.K. great tits may be adapting to the widespread use of bird feeders in the country.

When a bird’s that charismatic, people are paying attention,” Lorenz says. “Hopefully, people will look at the birds and think, Maybe I should adapt too.” ...

A CT-scan image of the skull of an ancient bird shows how one of the earliest bird beaks worked as a pincer, in the way beaks of modern birds do, but also had teeth left over from dinosaur ...

With more than 9,000 species inhabiting every climate on Earth, from arctic tundras to tropical rainforests, birds exhibit ...

The residents who spotted the bird declined the $5,000 reward, and Waskey said he would give the funds to charity. Perched on his owner's arm, Zazu gave Waskey kisses with his beak.

What bird beaks say about tropical biodiversity Areas of the globe where fruit-eating birds have wider beaks also have larger palm fruits, a new study shows. This sounds banal, but it provides new ...

These 8 fascinating birds may look like penguins at first glance, but they belong to entirely different families and can ...

Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their upper beaks – a feature that, for the past 155 years, has been considered primitive.