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

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto ...

Most of us will never get to see nature's greatest marvels in person ... dinosaurs using their feathers to fly. Birds are so common, even in the most paved-over places on Earth, that it's easy ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

Inside the service’s warehouse-sized building in a nature preserve outside Denver, a wildlife technician recently pulled a cold eagle carcass from a box. He spread the wings, fanned the tail, examined ...