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The Maya Archaeology Initiative is fighting claims by Kellogg North America that a bird depicted in MAI's logo is too similar to "Toucan Sam," the fictional spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal. MAI, a ...

The Louisville Zoo just welcomed an animal it's never had before.There's a new toucan in town named Lucy, and her species is new to the zoo.Lucy is a 7-year-old toco toucan. She comes from the St.

LAFAYETTE, Calif. - Two wandering toucans have been flying about the skies over the East Bay, but one pastor-turned-toucan-wrangler helped capture one of the bright-billed birds. "I just really love ...

A bird the size of a crow that flew 68 million years ago and looked like a miniature toucan has been discovered in Madagascar. Dubbed Falcatakely, meaning 'small scythe beak', it had a curved and ...

to avoid confusion with Toucan Sam, the Battle Creek-based cereal giant's pitch-bird for its Froot Loops cereal. uses a brightly colored toucan in its logo, too, and disagrees that there is any ...

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 ...

When they hatch, toucan chicks are roughly the size of a chicken chick. An adult female can lay two to four eggs, and the incubation period is 16 to 20 days. Due to a shorter incubation than most ...

The toucan’s enlarged bill may not just be for attracting mates or handling food, as biologists have speculated. It also may be able to exchange heat with its environment, enabling the bird to adjust ...