Ornithologist Carla Dove explains how the microscopic structure of a bird's feather can help identify the species and at the same time, make air travel safer for humans National Treasure ...

This research provides new insights into the morphogenetic mechanisms that led to feather diversification ... of scales into feathers on the bird's feet. Recreating the first dinosaur proto ...

The feather itself is not a new find; a Roman landowner in 1889 came across evidence of entire bird preserved as a three-dimensional impression. Its details included eye lids and wing feathers.

Slater and fellow UCC paleontologist, Maria McNamara, teamed with SSRL scientists to analyze 125-million-year-old feathers ...