ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — 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 ...

The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska’s largest city with freakishly long beaks. Some beaks looked like sprung scissors, unable to come together at the tips.

Seeing a bird with a long, needlelike beak would tell us it’s in the hummingbird family that probes flowers to get energy from nectar.

Deformed beaks occur in resident and migratory birds. A study of black-capped chickadees in Alaska showed "significantly higher" concentrations of a pesticide breakdown product, heptachlor epoxide ...

Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks Australia's indigenous peoples have long observed "firehawks" spreading wildfires throughout the country's tropical savannas.

It is a small gray bird with large black eyes and a bushy crest. These are social birds, seen mixing with others in multi-species foraging flocks.

The man behind that high-pitched, ever-so-slightly squeaky voice that defined childhood innocence and inquisitiveness for generations has grown a bit grey under the beak.

Grosbeaks are about eight inches long and have a large, thick bill; hence, “gross beak.” The black-headed and rose-breasted grosbeak have unusual diets for birds with such a big seed-eating beak.

Great Tits May Be Evolving Bigger Beaks. Here's Why. Since Darwin's time, birds have served as models for the wonders of evolution—and this study was no exception.

In Britain, significant numbers of blue tits, a close relative of black-capped chickadees, have been observed with beak deformities. In all, 36 species with deformed beaks have been documented there.

The tiny birds showed up at birdfeeders in Alaska”s largest city with freakishly long beaks. Some beaks looked like sprung scissors, unable to come together at the tips. Others curved up or down ...