Spring is in full bloom at Olbrich Botanical Gardens for the annual Orchid Escape exhibit.This year, the theme is Secrets of ...

"Hello" is a favorite, as onlookers often greet the two macaws ecstatically. Amid the giggles of the macaws, two toco toucans bumped their bright orange beaks together in the enclosure next door.

p28); and the construction of high-strength materials based on the structure of the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) beak (Seki et al., 2005). So imagine a material that has properties covering a wide ...

Toucans have many advantages over parrots as pets. They do not scream or make other obnoxious, loud noises. Since their beaks are not powerful, they cannot bite hard and have difficulty squeezing a ...

With my PhD project at the Functional Morphology Lab of the University of Antwerp, I aim to understand how songbirds use their beaks to feed on seeds. How do they remove the husk of a seed without ...