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6 Bird Beak Types and How Birds Use Them to Eat

A bird beak is the most important resource it has, and every species has one solely designed for survival. Birds use beaks for just about everything: building nests, feeding their young, cleaning ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

Great hornbill bird survives cancer thanks to 3D-printed beak

TAMPA (REUTERS/AP/WKRC) - A medical team in Florida has successfully replaced the beak of a cancer-stricken great hornbill bird with a 3D-printed prosthetic. When veterinarians at ZooTampa first ...
Popular Science

Images show bald eagle’s beak healing from gunshot wound

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. After surviving a likely gunshot wound in July, a bald eagle in ...
New Scientist

Ancient bird with a movable beak rewrites the story of avian evolution

A 67-million-year-old bird skull has overturned an established theory about how modern birds evolved. Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Outdoors: Do birds have beaks or bills?

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 ...
Capital Public Radio

Backyard feeders changed the shape of hummingbird beaks, scientists say

A new study suggests that Anna's Hummingbirds in the western United States are not only keeping up with human influence on their habitat, they're thriving. According to a recent study in Global Change ...