Between the bird’s beak and a skull shape that perfectly protects its brain, a woodpecker doesnt have to worry about ...

The struggle is mainly about food -- different types of seeds ... the struggle to survive favored the larger birds with deep, strong beaks for opening the hard seeds. Smaller finches with ...

Medium ground finches with larger beaks could take advantage of alternate food sources because they could crack open larger seeds. The smaller-beaked birds couldn't do this, so they died of ...

When birds feed on nectar from flowers, they do more than just get a meal—they play a crucial role in pollination, ...

“normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and emus and which has an ancestral bill-tip organ ...

When summer’s bounty of bugs, seeds, and nectar starts to wane, most birds in Colorado seek warmer climes with good food to offer. But one group of birds sticks it out year-round, subsisting on ...

the Robin is a bird you may see a lot. It has a deep reddish chest and uses its beak to pick up worms. Large eagles can also be found here in the UK using their long sharp claws to catch food.