Not all birds of this beak type eat large seeds, though. The American goldfinch , for example, loves thistle, or Nyjer. Its small beak is perfect for tiny, tough thistle seeds.

These birds with big beaks are found in Southeast Asia, the Malay Peninsula, and Indonesia. They like wet, tall evergreen forests , and tend to nest in old-growth trees that extend above the ...

Scientists already knew that birds evolved from dinosaurs. But thanks to a Yale-led study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they know what the first bird beak looked like during that ...

An illustration of Ichthyornis dispar is pictured alongside the beak reconstruction. Michael Hanson and Bhart-Anjan S Bhullar. The reconstructions reveal what bird beaks looked like when they ...

A bird beak deformity first recorded among black-capped chickadees near Anchorage has been increasingly seen in crows in Southeast Alaska, broadening a mysterious phenomenon.

Scientists are one step closer to understanding how modern birds evolved to have beaks, and the answer starts millions of years ago with some of the sexiest dinosaurs. Modern gulls, with their ...

This bird's big beak more closely resembles those of modern birds. This is a curious finding. Modern birds are much more diverse than ancient ones when it comes to their faces.

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It has long been known that birds evolved from dinosaurs in what was a slow gradual process, involving feathers, wings and beaks. Evidence for feathers has shown up in the fossil record, but it ...

Scientists already knew that birds evolved from dinosaurs. But thanks to a Yale-led study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, they know what the first bird beak looked like during that ...