Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs. This study is ...

Whether they’re opening for takeoff, spreading wide for a lazy soar or flapping to brake for landing, bird wings make flying ...

The pressures of climate change may be strengthening bonds between unlikely allies in Central Australia's bird community as ...

Understanding these genetic interactions is crucial for unraveling how morphological novelties like proto-feathers emerged ...

which set the standard for haute couture among birds. Many use these feathers for flamboyant mating displays in which they shape-shift into otherworldly forms. As if this didn’t attract enough ...

than it is to tear down a load-bearing wall and rebuild it into something new. Some more recently-evolved feather adaptations, like the asymmetry in the flight feathers that allows birds to fly ...

Numerous bird species feature small covert feathers layered on their wings. As the name implies, these feathers remain hidden flat against the wing during normal flight but flare to mitigate ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation ... observed the complete and permanent transformation of scales into feathers on the bird's feet. Recreating the first dinosaur proto-feathers ''Since ...