Most carnivores have teeth to grasp and eat prey, so marine animals with teeth are not uncommon. Sharks, dolphins, eels, ...

With plenty of artificial nectar available, Anna’s hummingbirds have expanded their range northward and their beaks have ...

In just about 20 years, the beaks of Anna’s hummingbird became longer and more tapered, according to a new study published in ...

When picturing a flock of flamingos, we often imagine long pink legs planted in a shallow lake and heads submerged as they filter feed. Though it looks peaceful, there’s a lot going on beneath the ...

Stomp dancing, head jerking, chattering, and skimming create swirling water patterns that direct brine shrimp and small ...

Our team previously discovered a new rule of biology that explains the shape and growth of many pointed structures, including teeth, horns, hooves, shells and, of course, beaks. This simple ...

A new study details the evolutionary change of Anna's Hummingbirds, finding their beaks have grown longer and more tapered to ...

Bird beaks come in almost every shape and size ... It is rare to find rules in biology that apply across all species. But when a rule is found, it can help to detect patterns in nature.

Until now, that mechanism was believed to serve one main purpose: to get a lot of pollen onto the bird's beak. Recently, however, an international team of scientists began to wonder if there could ...

Case in point: in a new study published in the journal Current Biology, researchers found fossilized ... and teeth only at the tip of its beak,” says Jingmai O’Connor, associate curator ...

According to a recent study in Global Change Biology, a journal focused on environmental ... changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks. The range of the hummingbird also spread from the ...