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 ...

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 ...

A team in Brazil printed a new beak for Tuc Tuc, who's on the road to recovery. An injured toucan found on the side of the road is now the owner of a new 3D-printed beak. "Tuc Tuc" was missing a large ...

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 ...

NPR's Scott Simon takes a moment to note that a toucan in Costa Rica that had part of its beak destroyed is getting a new one made from a 3-D printer. There's a toucan in Costa Rica who may have his ...

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 ...

It turns out there’s more to a toucan’s bill than pretty colors and a penchant for Fruit Loops. Originally described as “grossly monstrous” by the Comte de Buffon, the toucan's beak was theorized by ...

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" ...