The skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

There are about 10,0000 bird species ... 3-inches long and weighs about one-tenth of an ounce. They don’t like the cold, so they’ll migrate each year from Canada to Mexico. You can spot them during ...

In the avian world, birds showcase an incredible diversity of beaks—some enormous, others unusually long, and some even lethal. All hornbill species have a unique structure called a casque on ...

One of the most celebrated Texas books of 2024 was "Juneteenth Rodeo," with photos and an essay by Austin author Sarah Bird (University ... we are still a long way from fully reclaiming the ...

Every spring, thousands of water birds flock to more than 300 islands along the coast of Texas to make their nests and raise their young. Some of those islands can host up to 20,000 birds ...

In fact, its beak can sometimes be longer than its body! This extraordinary length means the bird must groom itself with its feet and perch with its head tilted upward for balance. However, this long ...

EAGLE PASS, Texas (KTRK) -- It's been more than a year since Texas leaders sent troops to take over a park in Eagle Pass along the Rio Grande, causing a wave of opinions. A year later, many in ...

had spread to birds and livestock in all 50 states in recent months, including Texas, and infected nearly 70 people. Sam González Kelly is a demographics reporter for the Houston Chronicle ...