Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t just appear suddenly in birds. Instead, they evolved step by step from much ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

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Seeing an owl is a magnificent experience — but one Michigan snowy owl is truly unique. What caused the owl to have ...

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Whether they’re whipping their heads dramatically, contorting into seemingly impossible shapes, or trapping light in their plumage like a black hole, birds-of-paradise always seem to have a new trick ...

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Shultz gently lifted it from the tray. “You see how this is black, and this is black,” she said, delicately pointing at the bird’s soiled feathers with a gloved finger. More than a century ...

Add a black eye-mask, taupe-colored plumage, head crest and sleek-looking feathers, and you can see why many call them the “Art Deco birds.” Waxwings primarily eat fruit, and at this time of ...

But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies ...