toucan

(Newser) - A toucan that has been seen flying around Las Vegas for months has been saved, a bird rescue group said Wednesday. "(The) little stinker decided it was time for help, and he flew into someone's garage," Skye Marsh, the president and co-founder of the SouthWest Exotic Avian...

(Newser) - The toucan is native to Mesoamerica, which is why the Maya Archaeology Initiative , a group that defends Mayan culture, chose to use the bird as its logo. Of course, the toucan is also native to boxes of Kellogg Co.’s Froot Loops cereal—and now the company wants the...

(Newser) - New research reveals an unexpected use for the toucan’s outsized bill, Wired reports. Thermal imaging shows that the bird can regulate its body temperature by increasing or restricting blood flow to its beak. “Bird bills are not ‘dead tissues’ incapable of playing a role in heat balance,...