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Published Scales or feathers? It all comes down to a few genes - Scales or Feathers? It All Comes Down to a Few Genes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scales, spines, feathers and hair are examples of vertebrate skin appendages, which constitute a rem ...
Published Fossils reveal the long-term relationship between feathered dinosaurs and feather-feeding beetles - Fossils Reveal the Long-Term Relationship Between Feathered Dinosaurs and Feather-Feeding Beetles
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source New fossils in amber have revealed that beetles fed on the feathers of dinosaurs about 105 million y ...
Published Fossil bird with fancy tail feathers longer than its body - Fossil Bird with Fancy Tail Feathers Longer than its Body
(via sciencedaily.com) Peacock tails are just one example of how evolution walks a line between favoring traits that make i...
Published Feathered robotic wing paves way for flapping drones - Feathered Robotic Wing Paves Way for Flapping Drones
(via sciencedaily.com) Birds fly more efficiently by folding their wings during the upstroke, according to a recent study....
Published Researchers discover birds with neurotoxin-laden feathers - Researchers Discover Birds with Neurotoxin-Laden Feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) An expedition into the jungle of New Guinea has resulted in the discovery of two new species of pois...
Published Pterosaur discovery solves ancient feather mystery - Pterosaur Discovery Solves Ancient Feather Mystery
(via sciencedaily.com) Palaeontologists have discovered remarkable new evidence that pterosaurs, the flying relatives of di...
Published Pink + pink = gold: hybrid hummingbird's feathers don't match its parents - Pink + Pink = Gold: Hybrid Hummingbird's Feathers Don't Match Its Parents
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists thought a gold-throated hummingbird was a new species. DNA revealed that it's a hybrid of...
Published Ancient blanket made with 11,500 turkey feathers - Ancient Blanket Made with 11,500 Turkey Feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) New research sheds light on the production of an 800-year-old turkey feather blanket and explores th ...
Published Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Turning unused waste from food production into clean energy: Researchers are using chicken feathers ...
Published Dinosaur feathers reveal traces of ancient proteins
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Palaeontologists have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light ...
Published The ancestor of all modern birds probably had iridescent feathers
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there:...
Published Feathered 'fingerprints' reveal potential motivation for migratory patterns of endangered seabirds - Feathered 'Fingerprints' Reveal Potential Motivation for Migratory Patterns of Endangered Seabirds
(via sciencedaily.com) New research shows that the feathers of seabirds such as the Wandering Albatross can provide clues a ...
Published Chicken feathers to deliver chemotherapy drugs and repair enzymes
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source A new method of drug delivery using proline, an amino acid found in chicken feathers and skin tissue ...
Published The hidden rule for flight feathers -- and how it could reveal which dinosaurs could fly
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists examined hundreds of birds in museum collections and discovered a suite of feather charac ...
Published Researchers discover hidden step in dinosaur feather evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Scientists discover 'zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zon...
Published New dinosaur showed descendants how to dress to impress - New Dinosaur Showed Descendants How to Dress to Impress
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have found the most elaborately dressed-to-impress dinosaur ever described and say it she...
Published Feathers from deceased birds help scientists understand new threat to avian populations
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Animal ecologists developed an analytical approach to better understand one of the latest threats to...
Published Feathers, cognition and global consumerism in colonial Amazonia
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Amazonia is the home of the largest variety of birds in the world. In such a unique environment, cra...
Published Archaeopteryx fossil provides insights into the origins of flight - Archaeopteryx Fossil Provides Insights into the Origins of Flight
(via sciencedaily.com) Molting is thought to be unorganized in the first feathered dinosaurs because they had yet to evolve ...
Published Fossils reveal how ancient birds molted their feathers -- which could help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived when all the other dinosaurs died
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Birds are the only group of dinosaurs that survived the asteroid-induced mass extinction 66 million...