Have you ever wondered why the Bald Eagle’s beak has a sharp curve at the end of the top of the beak yet sparrows’ beaks are short and end in a conical shape? A macaw’s beak is short and curved on the ...

Chicken embryos with dinosaur snouts have been created in a laboratory, shedding light on the evolution of beaks in the animal kingdom. Instead of a typical snout, the developing birds were formed ...

An engineering professor and his doctoral student have designed a device based on a shorebird's beak that can accumulate water collected from fog and dew. The device could provide water in ...

Evolutionary biologists turn back the clock on chickens to determine how they got their beaks -- and possibly make them look more badass. CNET freelancer Danny Gallagher has contributed to Cracked.com ...

In a paper to be published Dec. 1 in Acta Materialia, researchers report that the secret to the toucan beak's lightweight strength is an unusual bio-composite. The interior of the beak is rigid "foam" ...

Anyone that has ever laid eyes on an Atlantic puffin will tell you about its incredibly colorful beak, but it now seems that there’s more going on here than meets the eye (or human eye, we should say) ...