The marsh-loving song sparrow uses its beak to stay cool. What’s the News: Scientists have long known that the size and shape of a bird’s beak is largely dependent on its diet. A hummingbird ’s long, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Whether stubby, slender, spoon-shaped, flattened or sharply pointed, bird beaks can be highly ...

New research on song sparrows offers a new take on bird-beak evolution that is more nuanced than earlier ideas based on finch studies A finch's beak evolves according to the size and shape of ...

Maria Bertrand always liked birds, but it never crossed her mind to get one. Now she has developed her own form of communication to feed Happy the rescued sparrow. “He knows wormy worm, which is his ...