The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, California, appeared in ...

Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery.

A San Ysidro man was charged Wednesday in San Diego federal court with attempting to smuggle 14 exotic toucans across the U.S.-Mexico border after the protected birds were found bound and hidden in ...

The case is the fourth filed in San Diego in recent months against people allegedly attempting to smuggle protected exotic ...

Carlos Abundez allegedly attempted to smuggle 14 live toucans across the U.S.-Mexico border. The birds are protected and can cost up to $5,000 per bird when sold.

A man suspected of attempting to smuggle 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans at the U.S-Mexico border was charged Tuesday in federal court. Carlos Abundez, 35, of San Ysidro, faces several charges ...

So they photographed the birds — which don't sweat — with heat-sensing cameras. They found that "the toucan's bill is capable of acting as a thermal radiator of body heat," Tattersall explained.

A toucan's beak has a rich supply of blood vessels running along its surface so the bird's bill is suited to act as a means of radiating heat to keep the core temperature of the body stable ...

The newfound ancient bird had a beak similar to a modern toucan's. (Image credit: Shutterstock) Here's why: In modern birds, the skeleton underneath the beak is largely formed by a single bone.

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 ...