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 ...

Some great tits in the United Kingdom are getting long in the beak — and it may have something to do with a British fondness for bird feeders. In other studies, bird beaks have been shown to be ...

Look at a bird’s beak to see what family the bird belongs to and the kind of food it eats. Seeing a bird with a long, needlelike beak would tell us it’s in the hummingbird family that probes flowers ...

Birds are admired for their beauty, songs and flight. But in the wild a beak is far more than a feeding tool as it is a weapon of survival. For some species their beaks are strong enough to crush ...