Meet Bruce, a captive kea parrot missing his upper beak, and the “first example of a disabled animal of any species ...

Bruce the kea parrot is missing his entire upper beak. By every measure of animal competition, he should be at the bottom of ...

Meet Bruce, a one-of-a-kind underdog story with feathers. An endangered kea parrot missing the entire upper half of his beak ...

With half a beak, Bruce has developed an innovative fighting style that has won the kea top status in his flock, videos and ...

Bruce the Kea parrot is missing the upper half of his beak, but he has turned this disability into a weapon to keep ...

"The bird missing his upper beak has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species." ...

While the kea parrot’s beak would normally be considered essential for survival, Bruce has innovated other ways of commanding ...

Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that ...

Patrick Wood/University of Auckland. At New Zealand’s Willowbank Wildlife Reserve, an endangered kea parrot named Bruce sits ...

"Bruce's alpha position was reflected not only in combat, but also in measurable benefits across social interactions." ...

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

A study reported in Current Biology shows how physical disabilities in the animal world can be overcome through behavioral ...