As the beak scissors open and shut, each movement propels the water droplet one step closer to the bird's mouth. Specifically, when the beak closes, the drop's leading edge proceeds toward the ...

Scientists have pieced together what they think is the first bird beak ever to have evolved. It belongs to Ichthyornis dispar, which lived in North America nearly 100 million years ago. It's ...

Video: Birds defy gravity to feed Some birds employ a gravity-defying trick to coax water up their beaks. It turns out the birds are exploiting the same effect that makes raindrops stick to windows.

Many animals are known to use tools, but a bird named Bruce may be one of the most ingenious nonhuman tool inventors of all: He is a disabled parrot who has designed and uses his own prosthetic beak.

Lost parrot knew just when to beak up. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 86°F. Monday, July 1st 2024 Digital Replica Edition. Home Page. Close Menu. News. Latest Headlines; ...

Scientists Discover the First Bird Beak—and It Has Dinosaur Teeth. ... Its sharp teeth were probably hidden when its mouth was closed under a lip-like tissue, he said.

Palaeontologists in New Zealand have now uncovered the remains of Heracles inexpectatus, an extinct giant parrot that would have stood hip-high to most people and packed a beak powerful enough to ...

New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have successfully replicated the molecular processes that led from dinosaur snouts to the first bird beaks. Using the fossil record as a guide, a research team led by ...

A new study shows how the evolution of the beak inhibited the growth of teeth. The findings are further evidence that our modern chicken is a direct descendant of the T-rex.