A new analysis makes the best case yet that the Jurassic plume came from an iconic feathered dinosaur. This exquisitely preserved 150-million-year-old feather, the first ever discovered, was found in ...

Researchers discovered a new species of feather stars with 20 "arms." The species is part of the Antarctic feather stars group and is broadly related to starfish. Scientists named their discovery ...

Scientists aboard a research vessel near Antarctica pulled their nets out of the chilly ocean water. Among their catch, they found a 20-armed creature with a distinctive body shape. It’s a new species ...

To settle a lengthy debate, a team of paleontologists says the specimen unearthed in the 19th century was shed by an archaeopteryx. By Lucas Joel The feather looks like any feather you might find on ...

Across various cultures, religions, film and literature, feathers have a strong symbolic meaning. Feathers have certain connotations based on their use and color meaning, but there is also a deeper ...