Birders in Michigan are scratching their heads over unusual photos of a snowy owl. The animal is perfectly perched on a ...

In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...

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

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

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are studying how smoke from the January wildfires will affect the ...

In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and ... to understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural selection or relaxation ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... before being progressively modified under natural selection to give rise to the more complex ...

In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies ... understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural selection or relaxation ...