Keepers at a zoo in the Chinese city of Yibin had to undertake a bizarre rescue in late May. A greedy pelican had swallowed ...

Northern cardinals, blue jays, American robins, and house sparrows are common birds throughout city life. These small, ...

We got them into a landing net and freed the pelican. It was weak but flew off. If you hook a bird, please carefully try to reel them in and untangle it. Always cover the head and be careful. They ...

And as Anna’s Hummingbirds tapped into these new food sources, they also started sporting different beak shapes better suited to gulping down human-provided nectar. The research—which pulled data from ...

A new study that details the evolutionary change of Anna’s hummingbirds found their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from common feeders. NPR’s Kat Lonsdorf reports.

A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to get the most from... Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird ...

the use and prevalence of hummingbird feeders — like those red and clear plastic ones filled with homemade sugar water — changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks. The range of the ...

Birds found near urban feeders had beaks that were not only longer but more tapered at the tip—perfectly shaped to reach into plastic feeder ports. This isn’t just coincidence—it’s evolution in action ...