The earliest feathered dinosaurs may have evolved their bird-like features while still retaining lizard-like scales on other parts of their body. This theory is based on the discovery of a fossilized ...

(Reuters) - A new fossil of the Cretaceous Period dinosaur Psittacosaurus, a dog-sized herbivore with a parrot-like beak, that was donated to a Chinese university came with a surprise - one revealed ...

GENEVA — From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather. Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Researchers inhibited a gene during embryonic development in chickens to see if it would make ...

Palaeontologists have discovered X-ray evidence of proteins in fossil feathers that sheds new light on feather evolution. Palaeontologists at University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have discovered X ...

In October 2022 a bird with the code name B6 set a new world record that few people outside the field of ornithology noticed. Over the course of 11 days, B6, a young Bar-tailed Godwit, flew from its ...

TORONTO, May 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Feather Friendly®, a leader in the bird-glass collision prevention space, is proud to announce the launch of Feather Friendly Evolution™, a proprietary, ...

Maria McNamara is a palaeobiologist at University College Cork. Her current research is funded by the European Research Council and Science Foundation Ireland. Zixiao Yang is a PhD student in ...

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning back the clock. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...