But the vibrant and colourful beaks are one among those features that often steal the show. While many birds have basic brown or black bills, a few species have beaks that look like they’ve been ...

The male is all black with a bright orange beak and eye ring. The female is all dark brown. It is a ground feeding bird often seen rooting up leaf litter looking for grubs and worms. The nest is ...

A shared shape rule, the power cascade, governs most bird beak growth. It links modern birds with extinct dinosaurs.

Toucans possess the largest bird bills at 7.5 inches, used for reaching fruit and mating rituals. Their lightweight yet strong beaks absorb impact, aiding survival. The black skimmer has a ...

The small brown bird weighs around 16 grams (roughly half an ounce) and has black and yellow bands along with a large beak. The finding, which was reported in the science journal Nature ...

Melissa Groo A white glow against the brown summer tundra caught my eye. Through binoculars, I could see it was a male snowy owl. His body was covered in thick, white down, offset by a black beak ...

Alex Ward Eurasian curlews are large, mottled brown birds with long legs and distinctive downward-curving beaks, which they use like tweezers to forage through mud for insects, worms, crustaceans ...