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 ...

The birds spend most of their lives in the open ocean. Observing birds at sea is nearly impossible, so much about puffins remains a mystery. Ecologists like Erpur Snær Hansen, who leads a team at the ...

The snood is a weird, fleshy feature on a wild turkey's head that plays a key role in mating, breeding, and establishing ...

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Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

All nine Guam kingfishers released on Palmyra Atoll last September are alive and thriving in their new environment, marking a ...

These birds are territorial and will defend their nests by driving predators away with their beaks. A woodpecker might sometimes use its tongue, like in the video above. This is essentially the same ...

The vampire bat might be nature’s purest super-villain. But it’s not the only flyer known to subsist off of the blood of its ...