Sometimes people underestimate the importance of beaks, bills, and rostrums in identifying species. Yet, a beak can make all ...

Nature never runs out of ways to surprise us! It is endowed with birds that have beautiful covers of feathers on their bodies ...

The secretary bird may look like it’s dressed for a fancy party, but as an unlucky jackal learned, this bird is not a very ...

The animal is quite large, with a long, protruding beak. Under its beak will be a flap of skin that extends when they catch fish. The bird has orange, short legs and a dusting of orange around its ...

While rare, a few birds we studied were rule-breakers. One such rule-breaker is the Eurasian spoonbill, whose highly ...

These plump little birds are only around 6-7 inches long with a wingspan of ... and black brow bars. Their legs are orange and they have orange beaks with black tips. However, the males generally ...

With its outlandishly long legs and fierce demeanor, the secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) of the African savanna looks like a cross between a crane and an eagle. Its hooked beak is all ...