Even around the Birds & Blooms office, were not always sure if we should say beak or bill. So we asked naturalists Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman to weigh in. Ornithologists tend to say bills; the ...

The right side of Bald Eagle 390’s beak as of March 24, 2025. A protein called keratin is showing signs of growth, following meticulous care from a rehabilitation team in Missouri.

An injured seven-pound bald eagle is being treated at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, Missouri, after it was shot. It is also suffering from lead poisoning.

In 1867, biologist Thomas Henry Huxley proposed that birds with fused upper beaks had maintained this trait from ancient ancestors, and that jointed upper beaks – which allow the top beak to ...

Plus, these fish-eating birds had lots of teeth, all the way along their beaks, unlike how Longipteryx only has teeth at the very tip of its beak,” said O’Connor. “It just didn’t add up.” ...

By studying beaks in light of this mathematical rule, we can understand how the faces of birds and other dinosaurs evolved over 200 million years. We can also find out why, in rare instances ...

HILO, Hawai‘i (KHON2) — A Hawaiian hawk, or ‘io, was euthanized after being found “emaciated” and missing part of its beak on Hawai‘i Island. Recently, a woman reported finding the ...

Beak shape and nest material use in birds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , 2023; 378 (1884) DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0147 Cite This Page : ...