A macaw got a new 3D-printed titanium prosthetic beak after the original was torn off in a fight with another bird. A team of South African veterinary specialists fitted Max, a rescue believed to be ...

Max the macaw shows off his 3D printed titanium robo-beak — after he lost his old one in a fight. Now the 20-year-old bird can eat solid food for the first time in two years — and bend his cage’s bars ...

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 ...

Biologists at UCLA used a natural experiment during the COVID-19 lockdowns to study the effects of human activity on urban ...

We get captivated by a bird’s plumage and may not think to notice its beak, which is critical to the bird’s identity. I’ve often heard people yell “flamingo!” when they see a pink-plumed bird feeding ...

Certain birds in the U.K. have longer beaks than their non-U.K. brethren of the same species. Evolutionary biologists suggest that it’s the British people’s fondness for setting out bird feeders that ...