Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are common bird beak types you should look for and how they help birds find food.

The shape of the beaks of different species of Galapagos finches played an important part in Darwin’s conception of natural selection. “In our field there is this presumption that the beak shape ...

Now, researchers have discovered that an iconic bird that inspired the likes of Charles Darwin bore the very first beak. The team reconstructed the ancient beaks of Ichthyornis dispar in a study ...

Michael Hanson/ Yale University One of the fragments of Ichthyornis dispar skull the researchers examined for this study was found over a century ago, but scientists hadn’t put together the pieces of ...

We get captivated by a bird’s plumage and may not think to notice its beak, which is critical to the bird’s identity. I’ve often heard people yell “flamingo!” when they see a pink-plumed bird feeding ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Scientists already knew that birds evolved ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Scientists at Yale have pieced together what they think is the first bird beak ever to have evolved. It belongs to Ichthyornis dispar, which lived in North America nearly 100 million years ago. It's ...

Researchers have pieced together the three-dimensional skull of an iconic, toothed bird that represents a pivotal moment in the transition from dinosaurs to modern-day birds. Ichthyornis dispar holds ...