Beak treatment is the physical removal of the top and bottom part of the beak of a bird. It is commonly practised in commercial layer flocks to reduce damage caused by birds to each other later in ...

Evolutionary biologists turn back the clock on chickens to determine how they got their beaks -- and possibly make them look more badass. CNET freelancer Danny Gallagher has contributed to Cracked.com ...

Biologists have created chicken embryos with dinosaur-like faces by tinkering with the molecules that build the birds' beaks. The research, details of which are published today in Evolution 1, does ...