The toucan's colorful bill gives new meaning to the phrase cool dude. ... Maybe a special adaptation to peel fruit, suggest the gourmand set. Perhaps, the defense minded say, a weapon.

COOLING BILL A toucan keeping cool releases heat through its bill, as seen here in an infrared thermography image. ... “Adaptation is always a trade-off,” he says.

Toucan's bill keeps things cool, study says. One biologist was skeptical of the paper’s conclusions. Said Bernd Heinrich, professor emeritus at the University of Vermont: “The sample size is ...

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 ...

Big-Mouthed Toucans Key To Forest Evolution As humans have cut into Brazil's forests, the toucan population has taken a dive. The trees, in turn, have changed, too: Without large-billed birds to ...

Tieta was a toucan with a big problem. She was missing about half of her upper beak. Thanks to some resourceful researchers in Brazil, Tieta now has a new beak, printed on a 3D printer.