ANCHORAGE — Biologist Colleen Handel saw her first black-capped chickadee with the heartrending disorder in 1998. The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska’s largest city with freakishly long ...

When driving along South Carolina’s coastal waterways, wetlands and estuaries, you may find yourself spotting a small, strange-looking bird with a long, curved beak. Those little birds are white ibis.

In nature, every animal has its own way of adapting to survive. For birds, one of the most important tools they’ve developed is the beak. It’s not just for eating– beaks help with everything from ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

A massive white bird was probing the wetlands with its heavy prehistoric-looking beak in a Suburban Acres backyard in Norfolk a couple of weeks ago. Anne Coia from Northern Virginia was visiting when ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Biologist Colleen Handel saw her first black-capped chickadee with the heartrending disorder in 1998. The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska's largest city with ...