Aired (December 6, 2024): Prepare to be amazed by the South American toco toucan, which holds the title for the largest beak, relative to body size, of any bird on Earth.

This article is brought to you by Audubon Nature Institute. With its long and colorful beak, black body and white throat, the toco toucan is one of the most recognizable tropical birds in the world.

As the bird fell asleep, its bill was 10 or 15 degrees warmer than the surrounding air. ((Courtesy of Glenn Tattersall)) A toucan's enormous bill works like a built-in cooling tower, helping it beat ...

Three exotic and colorful Toco toucan chicks have been hatched at the Fort Worth Zoo, a first for the species, the zoo announced Thursday. The Zoo is pleased to ...

Discover the fascinating role of the toco toucan beak function in heat regulation, making it a unique feature among birds. Relative to its body size, the huge beak of the toco toucan is the largest of ...

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 ...

Toto the toco toucan, right bottom, who was initially believed to be a male, is seen with Poko, in this photo provided by the Sapporo Maruyama Zoo. SAPPORO -- A toco toucan believed to be male, kept ...

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 ...

The birds were filmed walking around and preening themselves in front of the camera on the SP-330 motorway in the south-eastern Brazilian municipality of Campinas yesterday. Footage from the traffic ...