Brazil is a paradise for birds; the country has more than 1,700 species. Among them is the colorful toucan, a bird with an almost comically giant bill that can be half as long as its body. There are ...

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LAFAYETTE, Calif. - Two wandering toucans have been flying about the skies over the East Bay, but one pastor-turned-toucan-wrangler helped capture one of the bright-billed birds. "I just really love ...

The toucan's colorful bill gives new meaning to the phrase cool dude. Indeed, that gigantic schnoz turns out to be a radiator the rain forest dweller uses to lose body heat. The bill of the Toco ...

The toucan's colourful - and comical - beak has made it one of the world's most recognisable birds. Now researchers have solved the mystery of why their bills are so large. A study has found that the ...

When they hatch, toucan chicks are roughly the size of a chicken chick. An adult female can lay two to four eggs, and the incubation period is 16 to 20 days. Due to a shorter incubation than most ...

A bird the size of a crow that flew 68 million years ago and looked like a miniature toucan has been discovered in Madagascar. Dubbed Falcatakely, meaning 'small scythe beak', it had a curved and ...

to avoid confusion with Toucan Sam, the Battle Creek-based cereal giant's pitch-bird for its Froot Loops cereal. uses a brightly colored toucan in its logo, too, and disagrees that there is any ...