Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Toucans are popular and unmistakable animals—whether they're ...

The toucan family includes five extant genera and over 40 different species. Some of these birds have names like aracari or toucanet, but they all sport that large, comical bill. Their size and weight ...

While Toucans' diets consist primarily of fruit, new research co-authored by a Virginia Commonwealth University biology major suggests the bird species' dining habits are actually more opportunistic ...

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A toucan is treated at the Ibama's Animal Recovery Center in Seropedica, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 18, 2017. AFP Contributor AFP via Getty Images In 1970, a primatologist named Adelmar ...

Three exotic birds known for their oversized and colourful bills and worth “at least a few lakhs of rupees” have allegedly been stolen from Alipore zoo, their home for the past few months since being ...

Nutmeg-loving toucans wearing GPS transmitters recently helped scientists in Panama address an age-old problem in plant ecology: accurately estimating seed dispersal. The tracking data revealed what ...

Toucans' giant bills may act as radiators for rapidly losing body heat, for example when the birds want to sleep Glenn Tattersall To Charles Darwin it was emblematic of sexual desirability. To French ...

If you've ever wondered what purpose the toucan's ungainly bill serves, here's a surprising new answer: A new report in Science Magazine concludes that the bill can work like your car's radiator. The ...

In 1970, a primatologist named Adelmar Coimbra Filho released 46 ariel toucans into Tijuca National Park, a damaged woodland inside Rio de Janeiro that holds the distinction of being one of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male rehabilitated toucan in Bronx Zoo World of Birds. Over a dozen keel-billed toucans (Ramphastos sulfuratus) that were found ...