Puffins are widely regarded as the cutest birds on Earth. With their black and white plumage and large orange beaks, Atlantic puffins and their cousins may look like a clownish cross between a ...

Just the right size for their main predator — the great black ... colorful beak is continually growing and then getting worn down through use. Puffin beaks (and feet) turn bright orange every ...

Some of these vibrant beaks help birds stand out in dense tropical ... Its oversized bill glows with fiery orange, fading into black at the tip. Though it may look heavy, it’s made of keratin ...

When people see a thin black bird on the water or drying its wings ... One of the easiest ways to see the difference is in the beak. The anhinga has a thin pointy beak, while the cormorant ...

Black-headed are black and orange, evening grosbeak are ... rose-breasted grosbeak have unusual diets for birds with such a big seed-eating beak. Throughout most of the year, over half of their ...

Blackbirds have similar beaks, a likeness the cranky Maryland colonist would surely have noticed. Maybe the contrarian colonist watched the bird ... orange undersides, shimmering black hoods ...

The zebra finch bird is soft gray, with red eyes, "tear drop" markings (small black lines running straight down under each eye), and bright orange legs and beak. The male zebra finch has a deeper ...

Researchers are careful to say the virus – named Poecivirus after the black-capped chickadee genus – has not yet been nailed down as the cause of distorted beaks. “It could be that birds who ...

Some of these vibrant beaks help birds stand out in dense tropical ... Its oversized bill glows with fiery orange, fading into black at the tip. Though it may look heavy, it’s made of keratin ...