Bird beaks have a variety of shapes and purposes. Here are the most common bird beak types to look for and how they help birds find food.

New research shows how physical changes in the skull affected the mechanics of the way birds move and use their beaks to eat and explore their habitats -- adaptations that helped them evolve into ...

Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist, spoke to Fox News Digital about a recently discovered skull that she believes belonged to Matthias Corvinus, a medieval king.

Although vultures are often lumped into the singular category of scavengers, a new study looked to see if skull shape differed depending on how a vulture feeds on a carcass. Researchers compared the ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

NASA’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where star-gazers say it doesn’t belong.. The mysterious rock ...

A skull bone from 67 million years ago reveals that ancestors of modern birds had jointed beaks, not immobile ones as biologists have long thought. Close.

These Parrots Use Their Beaks to Swing Across Branches Like Monkeys Scientists have documented the unusual movement, dubbed “beakiation,” for the first time Brian Handwerk - Science Correspondent ...

Birds fit the bill for answering some of the biggest questions about evolution.. While the general principles behind evolution by natural selection have been known for more than 160 years, the ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...