Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock (web) A parrot named Bruce with no upper beak surprised scientists by becoming the alpha male of his group, ...

This little survivor is full of joy.

Bruce the kea parrot is missing his entire upper beak. By every measure of animal competition, he should be at the bottom of the social ladder. Instead, he’s the undisputed king of his group — and he ...

No one knows how Bruce lost the entire upper half of his beak. What researchers do know is that the endangered kea parrot didn’t just survive the devastating injury — he climbed to the very top of his ...

In 2021, a disabled parrot named Bruce made headlines worldwide for creating his own prosthetic beak. He didn’t stop there: Scientists reported on Monday that Bruce has now become the alpha male of ...

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding respect. Bruce the kea parrot lost his upper beak, but his disability hasn ...

A parrot named Bruce with no upper beak surprised scientists by becoming the alpha male of his group, or circus. The New York Times reported that the study, published in Current Biology, showed the ...