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 weight ...

More than a dozen toucans rescued from wildlife traffickers are now thriving after getting a second chance at life. Visitors at the Bronx Zoo can now see two of these colorful birds. They're among 14 ...

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Imagine running an experiment and then… just leaving it alone for half a century. No tracking devices. No scheduled check-ins. No one watching to see what happens next. That’s essentially what ...

What if one of the strongest arguments for urban wildlife conservation wasn’t theoretical — but flying right over city streets? In Rio de Janeiro, it is. More than 50 years after 46 ariel toucans were ...

A toucan is treated at the Ibama's Animal Recovery Center in Seropedica, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 18, 2017. AFP Contributor AFP via Getty Images In 1970, a primatologist named Adelmar ...

Toucans' giant bills may act as radiators for rapidly losing body heat, for example when the birds want to sleep Glenn Tattersall To Charles Darwin it was emblematic of sexual desirability. To French ...

This Pennsylvania rescue offers the rare chance to hand feed parrots, macaws, and toucans while learning about exotic birds.

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 ...