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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 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 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 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 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, 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...
Published More than one way to build a black bird - More Than One Way to Build a Black Bird: A Look at the Evolution of Melanism
(via sciencedaily.com) For a species of flycatcher in the remote Solomon Islands, scientists have so far found at least two...
Published Mummified parrots point to trade in the ancient Atacama desert - Mummified Parrots Reveal Ancient Trade in the Atacama Desert
(via sciencedaily.com) Ancient Egyptians mummified cats, dogs, ibises and other animals, but closer to home in the South Am...
Published Fossil pigments shed new light on vertebrate evolution - Fossil Pigments: A New Tool for Understanding Vertebrate Evolution
(via sciencedaily.com) This new paper shows that melanin is more than just something that gives colour to the body. It play...
Published Warriors' down bedding could ease journey to realm of the dead - Warriors' Down Bedding Could Ease Journey to Realm of the Dead
(via sciencedaily.com) Feathers, an owl head and oars suggest the people in this Iron Age grave were prepared for a long jo ...
Published Scientists develop new index based on functional morphology to understand how ancestors of modern birds used their wings - Scientists Develop New Index Based on Functional Morphology to Understand How Ancestors of Modern Birds Used Their Wings
(via sciencedaily.com) Scientists have compared the relationship among the strength of flight bones, body mass, and the way...
Published Late Pleistocene humans may have hatched and raised cassowary chicks - Late Pleistocene Humans May Have Hatched and Raised Cassowary Chicks
(via sciencedaily.com) As early as 18,000 years ago, humans in New Guinea may have collected cassowary eggs near maturity a...
Published These female hummingbirds evolved to look like males -- apparently to evade aggression - These Female Hummingbirds Evolved to Look Like Males -- Apparently to Evade Aggression
(via sciencedaily.com) 1 in 5 adult female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds look like males. New research shows that this...
Published Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds - Fossil Overturns More Than a Century of Knowledge About the Origin of Modern Birds
(via sciencedaily.com) Fossilized fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend...