Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

Learn how rare fossil feathers preserved molting patterns, revealing new findings of dinosaur flight.

A rare set of 160-million-year-old dinosaur fossils is reshaping scientists’ understanding of how flight evolved among ...

A new study led by a researcher from the School of Zoology and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv ...

A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture from Italy has provided scientists with an unprecedented glimpse into how volcanic rock can preserve microscopic feather details. This discovery is the first to ...

Study of molting patterns in fossilized colored feathers suggests evolution of dinosaurs and birds was 'more complex than ...

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not. The ...

The study of fossil feathers and melanosome preservation has significantly advanced our understanding of the evolutionary history of vertebrate integumentary systems. Fossilised feathers, replete with ...

Scientists with the Field Museum of Chicago have discovered that a pigeon-sized Archaeopteryx fossil in its collection displays an array of features previously unknown when it comes to the earliest ...

Birds are famous for their colorful feathers, which they use to fly, flirt and keep warm. But long before avians ever flapped their wings, flying reptiles called pterosaurs seized the skies. Among ...

Fossilized feathers discovered 136 years ago are still revealing new secrets. Researchers found that the volcanic rock preserving the feather holds microscopic details preserved within the fossil. The ...