The Grants found that the offspring of the birds that survived the 1977 drought tended to be larger, with bigger beaks. So the adaptation to a changed environment led to a larger-beaked finch ...

Hunting, fishing, boating, critters, and science. Yes, there is a connection. Find out more at the Louisiana Sportsman Show, ...

The video could be used as starter on a lesson on evolution, adaptation and natural selection ... body size but the most obvious differences between the birds are the size and shape of their beaks, ...

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into the ...

Modern birds are the living relatives of dinosaurs. Take a look at the features of flightless birds like chickens and ...

though some of these Cretaceous early birds would have looked quite strange to our eyes, with their toothed beaks and clawed fingers. Our knowledge of this period of bird evolution is growing rapidly.

Join in the Bird Beak Adaptation Challenge to uncover the unique adaptations that help these magnificent birds thrive in our state. Nikole Blanchard, Adjunct Professor at LSU in the School of ...