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Toco Toucan uses bill to keep cool Science Now Daily News When it comes to keeping cool, toucans get top billing in the animal world. New research shows that the colorful bird uses its massive beak to rapidly radiate away heat, allowing it to chill out in tropical climates or when expending a lot of [...]

A US Fish & Wildlife report based on 2006 economic data has revealed that one in five Americans is a birder (the report defines a birder as someone who either travels to watch birds or makes an active effort to watch and identify birds at home). That’s a whopping 48 million people! These figures sound [...]

The most feathers ever recorded on a bird was in excess of 25,000 on a Whistling Swan Cygnus Columbianus. The exact number was actually 25,216, and most of these were on the head and neck! This week’s fact is from “World Birds” by Brian Martin (ISBN 0-85112-891-2)