More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ...

Birds are inextricably linked to feathers, which allow them to fly, keep warm and put on dramatic displays. Feathers, however ...

There are five primary types (bottom row) of pigment-filled sacks, called melanosomes, within the nanostructure (left)` of iridescent feathers. Thick rods are found in birds with weak iridescent ...

Feathered dinosaurs were first reported in the 1990s, but many mysteries remain about how and when feathers emerged.

and thus disappear relatively quickly once birds no longer need to fly. But overall, the basic feather structure is like those load-bearing walls. It takes a lot of evolutionary time for the ...

The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

The feathers and blood stains on both engines ... on South Korean soil - will now focus on the role of the bird strike and a concrete structure at the end of the runway, which the plane crashed ...