If you notice uneven wear, chipping, or flaking on your bird’s beak, it could be a sign of an underlying problem such as ...

“ Longipteryx is one of my favorite fossil birds, because it’s just so weird—it has this long skull, and teeth only at the ...

Researchers have discovered that seabirds, including penguins and albatrosses, have highly-sensitive regions in their beaks ...

The figures are stills from the linked videos. a; Classical achalasia, showing a dilated esophageal body bird beak-like narrowing of lower esophageal sphincter (see Video 1). b; Vigorous achalasia ...

The symptoms include pain and discomfort after eating. Symptoms of achalasia are similar to other digestive disorders, and specific tests are conducted to rule out other disease conditions.

A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has uncovered fascinating new details regarding its behavior. Living around 120 million years ago, the species, Longipteryx chaoyangensis, is ...

Scientists have pieced together the skull of a strange ancient bird, revealing a primitive beak lined with teeth. The "transitional" bird sheds light on a pivotal point in the pathway from ...

“normal” beaks (examples shown of a petrel and a gull) and a bird with a tactile bill-tip organ (a tinamou, close relative of ostriches and emus and which has an ancestral bill-tip organ ...

18, 2024 — Millions of birds migrate every year to escape winter ... Using miniaturized loggers implanted in wild ... Highly-Sensitive Beaks Could Help Albatrosses and Penguins Find Their ...

Further study of their beaks and food-gathering behaviour could help conserve some of these birds, many of which are at threat of extinction. The results are reported in the journal Biology Letters.