Photo by Mark Olsen[/caption] The most common shape for typical seed-eating birds is a short, thick, and conical beak. Think of the classic "triangle" shape. This strong, sturdy beak acts like a ...

Using her signature nature sketches, Leslie highlights key identification clues such as beak shape, coloring, flight patterns ...

This tiny bird sculpture was created 40,000 years ago by early humans in Europe who carved the key animals in their lives.

Birds also have beaks instead of teeth. Around the world, birds come in many different colours, shapes and sizes from shoebills to the tiny humming bird. Here in the UK, the Robin is a bird you ...

Under these drastically changing conditions, the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with less-powerful beaks perished.

Using digitization techniques, the researchers found that 14 distinct beak shapes, that at first glance look unrelated, could be categorized into three broader, group shapes. Despite the striking ...