We wanted to better understand how this pattern of change was playing out in Australian birds. Our two pieces ... bill size also shrank. Since beak sizes increase over the long-term because ...

Australian birds are changing shape due to rising temperatures. Over 100 species show smaller bodies and larger beaks, aiding heat dissipation. Long-term warming increases beak size, but short ...

I would love to see your photos of birds with long beaks. The birds can be any size from anywhere around the world, as long as they have a long beak relative to the size of the bird. Other animals can ...

Shropshire Wildlife Trust has bought Betchcott Hill and wants to restore the site to encourage iconic birds like the curlew.

We wanted to better understand how this pattern of change was playing out in Australian birds ... to increase beak size over time. Ryan Barnaby Short-term weather versus long-term trends One ...

Insect-Hunting Beaks: Warblers, flycatchers, and other insectivorous birds have long, slender, pointed bills well adapted for sporting flying insects. When users combine suet and mealworms into ...

For example, the chip-stealing silver gull and dazzling common bronzewing have both increased beak size over the past century. Australia is heating up. The shape-shifting and shrinking that we see in ...

One surprising aspect, reflected in both studies, is that short-term spells of excessive heat can cause responses in bird shape that contradict the long-term trends. While body size decreases in ...

Our two pieces of recent research identified that, in response to warming, more than 100 species of Australian birds have developed smaller bodies and bigger beaks over time ...

Just as the hot water pipes in radiators help dissipate internal heat through the periphery, bird beaks are perforated with blood vessels that transfer heat from the body’s core to the beak ...

Over time, natural selection favored finches with sharper, longer beaks. These birds were better equipped to quickly and easily pierce the skin of their booby bird neighbors. Vampire finches still ...