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

D modeling reveals that as bird brains grew larger, it led to changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics—enabling the ...

Feathers, among the most intricate appendages in the animal kingdom, have long fascinated scientists regarding their ...

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

Explore the fascinating world of dinosaur feathers and their evolution through groundbreaking research on chicken embryos.

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.

It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it ...

Scientists have discovered the oldest known cerapodan dinosaur fossil in Morocco, discovered back 168 million years.

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds ... new insights into the morphogenetic mechanisms that led to feather diversification throughout evolution.

While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated, paleontological discoveries and developmental biology studies suggest that feathers evolved ... scales into feathers on the bird’s ...