As a boy growing up in Brazil 40 years ago, Marc A. Meyers marveled at the lightweight toughness of toucan beaks that he occasionally found on the forest floor. Now a materials scientist and professor ...

One year after a “barbarous” attack left a toucan without most of its upper beak, the bird finally has a new prosthetic replacement. ZooAve animal rescue center released photos of “Grecia” the toucan ...

One lucky toucan going by the name of Tieta in Brazil has received a 3D-printed beak after an unknown accident occurred in the wild, breaking off half of the top portion of its beak. It’s believed to ...

A toucan can thank the marvels of 3-D printing for a life-changing procedure. It's not clear how the bird named Tieta lost the upper part of her beak, but veterinarians at a Brazilian wildlife group ...

Remember the toucan in Costa Rica who had its upper beak hacked off by a perpetrator who was never found? Well, here's an update to a story we first told you about last year. And, spoiler alert — it ...

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 ...

After a recovery period of over a year and a half, the famous toucan Grecia was relocated Wednesday to a new cage where the bird will be on public display for visitors of ZooAve animal shelter in La ...

In a paper to be published Dec. 1 in Acta Materialia, researchers report that the secret to the toucan beak's lightweight strength is an unusual bio-composite. The interior of the beak is rigid "foam" ...