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.

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 ...

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 ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Louisville Zoo announced the debut of a new species never seen before within the zoo. Lucy the toco toucan is nearly seven years old and is making her way from the Saint ...

A flock of fawning flamingos is watching over its newest members. Three Chilean flamingo chicks hatched at Tracy Aviary in July and have grown into cotton balls with legs. The Salt Lake City aviary is ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Honolulu Zoo announced the arrival of four vibrantly colored birds to its South American bird habitat. The new residents include one Toco Toucan and three Scarlet Ibises, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Louisville Zoo announced its newest addition to the family — a toco toucan named Lucy. This marks the debut of a species that has never been seen before at the zoo, according to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. A longstanding mystery about toucans finally may be solved, thanks to a ...

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. For more Amazing Earth ...

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 ...

Toco toucans have a huge cooling bill. But it’s the good kind. While overheated people crank up their air conditioning, toucans increase the blood flow to their supersized, uninsulated bills, report ...

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 ...