Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming the dominant male in his kea community ...

A Latvian drone company is challenging the prevailing narrative that low-cost FPVs are the future of drone warfare. Origin Robotics have developed BEAK, a portable, reusable light bomber drone capable ...

At the Willowbank Wildlife Reserve in New Zealand, the large aviary’s lush canopy of trees casts dappled sunlight over the ...

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

The ancient cephalopod, Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, appears to have been an apex predator that rivaled mosasaurs to rule prehistoric seas.

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Study of fossilised beaks shows patterns of wear and suggests some ancient species were up to 19 metres long ...

Read our interview with Beak about the new album here. Beak>, the trio of Geoff Barrow (Portishead), Billy Fuller (Robert Plant’s Sensational Space Shifters) and Will Young (Moon Gangs), have surprise ...