Several weeks ago, I wrote about the importance of bird tails. Then I realized how birds’ beaks or bills, as well as their feet, are also used in various ways. […] ...

It was a spirited debate between friends that surfaced every time we got together. It was not about politics, the economy or the weather, but the more significant question, do birds have bills or ...

A 67-million-year-old bird skull has overturned an established theory about how modern birds evolved. Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their ...

Q I watch birds eating seed from my feeders, and then they land on a branch or even the patio furniture and rub their beaks. Why do they do this? A Birds need to keep their beaks in top condition, ...

Scientists already knew that birds evolved from dinosaurs. But thanks to a Yale-led study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they know what the first bird beak looked like during that ...

The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to researchers. The material a bird selects for its nest depends on the dimensions of its beak, according to ...

A flexible tongue, sensitive beak and teethlike cones in the mouth may have helped Archaeopteryx generate enough energy to fly.