But unlike modern birds, the Falcatakely gets its broad beak by expanding the maxillary bone, another bone in the skull. "The point of the convergence is that it does have that general overall ...

Modern birds, on the other hand, have tiny maxillary bones and beaks supported by a large premaxillary bone (green near the beak tip in the image above). If there is one oddball Cretaceous bird ...

Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their upper beaks – a feature that, for the past 155 years, has been considered primitive.

The beaks of Anna's hummingbirds in California grew longer as people started hanging artificial feeders, according to new ...

Birds use their beaks to do a lot, such as build nests, gather food, or defend themselves; scientists use birds’ beaks to put them in one of two categories. For over a century, extant birds have ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size - from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of an eagle. We have found, however, that this incredible diversity is ...

Notice the different types of beaks and how their shapes dictate a bird’s dining habits — particularly the way it consumes black oil sunflower seeds, a highly preferred food among feeder birds ...

It is endowed with birds that have beautiful covers of feathers on their bodies and perform unmissable courtship dances. But the vibrant and colourful beaks are one among those features that often ...

Over time, natural selection favored finches with sharper, longer beaks. These birds were better equipped to quickly and easily pierce the skin of their booby bird neighbors. Vampire finches still ...

The bird sanctuary staff operated on the male bird to repair a severely damaged beak that could be life-threatening. Roger Holloway, executive director of the World Bird Sanctuary, told Fox News ...

When a rod got thin enough, the birds gave up on trying to keep their balance with two feet. Instead, they moved beneath the wire, hanging from their beaks and swinging their legs and bodies ...