As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor ...

The toucan beak isn't just beautiful, it's also an adjustable thermal radiator that the bird uses to warm and cool itself. Researchers have discovered that the toucan can heat and cool its bill at an ...

A toucan can thank the marvels of 3-D printing for a life-changing procedure. It is not clear how the bird, named Tieta, lost the upper part of her beak, but veterinarians at a Brazilian wildlife ...

It turns out there’s more to a toucan’s bill than pretty colors and a penchant for Fruit Loops. Originally described as “grossly monstrous” by the Comte de Buffon, the toucan's beak was theorized by ...

What makes the colorful beak of a toucan both strong and light? To find out, University of California, San Diego, materials scientist and engineer Marc A. Meyers and his colleagues studied the ...

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – A group of volunteer animal rescuers are coming together to save the life of a badly abused bird named Grecia. No one knows how or why someone cut off the beak of this toucan, ...