Have you ever wondered why the Bald Eagle’s beak has a sharp curve at the end of the top of the beak yet sparrows’ beaks are short and end in a conical shape? A macaw’s beak is short and curved on the ...

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BRISTOL, England, April 29 (UPI) --Bird species have evolved all sorts of specialized beaks for their respective dietary niches, but not birds of prey. According to new research out of England, ...

Birds of prey have long been regarded as a very powerful species, but they have one possible constraint: their beaks. Bird species have played a huge role in the development of the theory of evolution ...

Us Brits (yes, IFLScience is British) are well-known for our love of animals, and we certainly seem to have a soft spot for our feathery friends that visit our gardens. More than half of British ...

In an impressive feat of adaptation, the beak size of a particular bird of prey has changed in just 10 years in order to keep up with a change in its food supply. The University of Florida scientists ...

A British enthusiasm for feeding birds may have caused UK great tits to have evolved longer beaks than their European counterparts, according to new research. The findings identify for the first time ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whether stubby, slender, spoon-shaped, flattened or sharply pointed, bird beaks can be highly ...

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 ...

Few people have the tenacity of ecologists Peter and Rosemary Grant, willing to spend part of each year since 1973 in a tent on a tiny, barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would have ...