Dear Dr. Jorden: I have two parakeets. One has a beak that overgrows to the point that the upper beak curves way down to his chest. I have to have it trimmed every three months just so he can eat. The ...

In his back yard in Fremont, Nikos Anton spotted a house sparrow that seemed to be toting a twig in its beak. But when he looked a little closer, Anton saw the "stick" was actually the grotesquely ...

There's no such thing as a dentist for birds, but did you know that some macaws require orthodontia to correct a misalignment of their beaks? That's just one of a host of problems that can beset beaks ...

Researchers in Anchorage are working to crack a tough nut in the form of a beak deformity affecting a large portion of black-capped chickadees and other birds in parts of Alaska, including the Kenai ...

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 ...

From their feathers to feet, learn more about the major features of bird anatomy and what makes these fascinating animals so ...

The shape of the beaks of different species of Galapagos finches played an important part in Darwin’s conception of natural selection. “In our field there is this presumption that the beak shape ...

BIRDS TAKEN FMRO A HOME IN PAPILLION NEARLY A MONTH AGO. THIS IS WHAT WE NOTICED OVERGROWN BEAKS AND CLAWS, BUT NOW THINGS ARE LOOKING UPAN C SEE THE CHANGE IN THE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BETTER ...

Colleen M. Handel, Lisa M. Pajot, Steven M. Matsuoka, Caroline Van Hemert, John Terenzi, Sandra L. Talbot, Daniel M. Mulcahy, Carol U. Meteyer, Kimberly A. Trust ...

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 ...