“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 ...

and the beak assumes a new grasping position in front of the hindlimbs,” they said. The slow and careful movement happened at about 0.1 m/s with each stride taking the bird forward by a length ...

In the avian world, birds showcase an incredible diversity of beaks—some enormous, others unusually long, and some even lethal. All hornbill species have a unique structure called a casque on ...

In Alaska during the mid-1990s, bird experts noticed an uptick in overgrown, warped beaks among black-capped chickadees. Now, using high-throughput RNA sequencing, researchers at the University of ...

Parrot’s Beak is a stunning flower that resembles a tropical bird’s beak. Its bright petals make it a visual delight in any garden. The flower’s curved petals look like a parrot’s beak.