Between the bird’s beak and a skull shape that perfectly protects its brain, a woodpecker doesnt have to worry about concussions while boring for food or creating a new home. Many birds rely on ...

The struggle is mainly about food -- different types of seeds ... the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with ...

For those birds who don’t fly south, they’ll have a special treat courtesy of Chestnuthill Township Park. Steve Baade, project coordinator who is in charge of park programming, led a bird feeder ...

“normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and emus and which has an ancestral bill-tip organ ...

When birds need to adapt to new food sources, beak size can change within a few generations due to natural selection. With the force-velocity trade-off at play, this will change a songbird’s way ...

Birds captivate us with their stunning appearances and remarkable adaptations, and some species stand out for their exceptionally colourful beaks These beaks not only add to the beauty of nature ...

the Robin is a bird you may see a lot. It has a deep reddish chest and uses its beak to pick up worms. Large eagles can also be found here in the UK using their long sharp claws to catch food.