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 ...

Birds of prey have long been regarded as a very powerful species, but they have one possible constraint: their beaks. Bird species have played a huge role in the development of the theory of evolution ...

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 ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRISTOL, England, April 29 (UPI) --Bird species have evolved all sorts of specialized beaks for their respective dietary niches, but not birds of prey. According to new research out of England, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whether stubby, slender, spoon-shaped, flattened or sharply pointed, bird beaks can be highly ...

Few people have the tenacity of ecologists Peter and Rosemary Grant, willing to spend part of each year since 1973 in a tent on a tiny, barren volcanic island in the Galapagos. Even fewer would have ...

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