This bird's big beak more closely resembles those of modern birds. This is a curious finding. Modern birds are much more diverse than ancient ones when it comes to their faces.

Our two pieces of recent research identified that, in response to warming, more than 100 species of Australian birds have ...

A lobster fisherman has had an amusing close encounter - with a giant seagull. The bird menace even wanted some of popular ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped on top of a tee box to survey its surroundings. I quickly focused my ...

Birds fit the bill for answering some of the biggest questions about evolution.. While the general principles behind evolution by natural selection have been known for more than 160 years, the ...

Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished. So the birds that were the winners in the game of natural selection lived to reproduce. The big-beaked finches just happened to be the ones ...

Secret Mathematical Rule Has Shaped Bird Beaks For 200 Million Years Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size - from the straw-like beak of a hummingbird to the slicing, knife-like beak of ...

HILO, Hawai‘i (KHON2) — A Hawaiian hawk, or ‘io, was euthanized after being found “emaciated” and missing part of its beak on Hawai‘i Island. Recently, a woman reported finding the ...

An analysis of 140,000 vocalizations from 77% of bird species showed that beak size and geography play a big role in the way birds sound. Skip to content. Science Friday. play . Latest Broadcast.

There are big beaks and small beaks. ... These bird species, along with other animals on the islands, inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution and, 150 years later, ...

Giant flightless bird. 45 million years ago, the Geiseltal region was a lush, ... Among these birds were flightless giants like Diatryma, a herbivorous bird with a large beak.

Our two pieces of recent research identified that, in response to warming, more than 100 species of Australian birds have developed smaller bodies and bigger beaks over time. Shape-shifting wildlife ...