Feathers

Amber fossils are like a time capsule, preserving the three-dimensional structure of animals, plants, and other…

Ancient insects similar to modern lice parasitized dinosaurs by feasting on their feathers, as evidenced by a pair…

Using advanced imaging technology, scientists have shown that a fossilized feather uncovered in the 19th century…

Feathers were common among dinosaurs, but scientists aren’t certain if the fur-like coverings of pterosaurs—a group…

New research shows that the processes involved in hair, fur, and feather growth are remarkably similar to the way…

Owing to its distinctly bird-like features, Archaeopteryx is one of the most intriguing dinosaurs known to science.…

Meet Jianianhualong tengi, a distinctly chicken-like dinosaur that lived 125 million years ago, during the…

Scientists have discovered a dinosaur tail with its feathers still intact trapped inside a piece of amber. It’s…

It may not look like it but the image of a feather you see above is actually comprised of thousands and thousands of…

Seriously, just look at that. Imagine how many tiny, tiny cuts those birds took to make.

If you're a believer in science, you're probably at least vaguely aware that prevailing theories posit that the…

Today we have birds. Millions and millions of years ago we had feathered dinosaurs. What happened in between?

A puffy down feather jacket is one of the lightest and warmest things you can wear. But the tradeoff is that if you…

A set of 75 million year-old fossils found in the badlands of southern Alberta is adding credence to the suggestion…

Last week, researchers studying a dinosaur named Microraptor published the results of a remarkable discovery: this…

Don't miss your chance to participate in a live talk about dinosaurs with members of the American Museum of Natural…

Today a group of paleontologists announced the results of an extensive study of several well-preserved dinosaur…

A Neanderthal burial site in Italy reveals hundreds of bird bones mixed in with those of our hominid cousins. The…

It's light. It's flexible. It withstands frigid temperatures on top of a mountain. And in the entire history of…

A newly discovered penguin fossil reveals a bird twice as big as an Emperor penguin and with colors radically…