Even without an upper beak, one bird in New Zealand is defying odds at the top of the pecking order. Bruce is a rescued kea ...

Bruce the kea is missing his entire upper beak. Yet he is the alpha bird of his circus (the apt collective noun for a group ...

The kea gained fame for learning to use a pebble to groom himself. Scientists were astounded by his next innovation.

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the ...

Learn how a kea parrot in New Zealand missing its upper beak became an undefeated alpha male by developing a “jousting” ...

At New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, an endangered kea parrot named Bruce sits at the top of the pecking order. He ...

A disabled kea parrot, missing half its beak, became the alpha male of his group by creating a completely new fighting ...

Without a curvy upper beak to get in the way, Bruce the kea uses his lower beak to stab or joust at other birds in his social ...

A parrot’s beak is like a third limb, so losing part of it should be a disadvantage. But Bruce has developed many novel ...