Even without an upper beak, one bird in New Zealand is defying odds at the top of the pecking order. Bruce is a rescued kea ...

A kea parrot in New Zealand who lost the top part of his beak when young has developed a new way to fight other males that ...

Learn how a kea parrot in New Zealand missing its upper beak became an undefeated alpha male by developing a “jousting” ...

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the ...

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding ...

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep ...

Bruce, a disabled kea parrot, is missing his top beak. The bird uses tools to keep himself healthy and developed a jousting ...

A parrot’s beak is like a third limb, so losing part of it should be a disadvantage. But Bruce has developed many novel ...

Birds with larger bills spend more time hiding their noses from the cold. You know what they say about the birds and their beaks—the bigger they are, the harder they snuggle. Research published ...

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 ...

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 ...