While they were known to exist, scientists were unsure if the creatures had feathers, as there no definitive answer for when animals began to grow feathers. Fossil find: Fossil of dinosaur ...

He writes about the process in his new book, Feathers, which looks at the evolutionary significance of feathers in birds. "For this tiny wren, I had well over 1,500 feathers by the time I was done ...

It’s from a Psittacosaurus, a dinosaur that had both bird-like feathers and reptile-like scales. The fossil gives researchers ...

Two spectacular fossils found in China show that the flying reptiles known as pterosaurs had primitive feathers to help keep them warm, just like many dinosaurs. The finding suggests that feathers ...

Newly discovered fossils show that pterosaurs – flying animals even older than dinosaurs – had a furry, feathery coat. The finding pushes back the origin of feathers by about 70 million ...

In his book, Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage, which Chronicle Books published this month, that diversity is on spectacular display. While Clark’s journey is surely aesthetic, it’s also ...

Their third book, FEATHERS TOGETHER (Abrams ... a journey Malena wasn’t able to make because her wing had been injured by a poacher and she couldn’t fly. In Levis and Santoso’s version ...

Cherokee cowgirl Nancy Benge grew up on the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch in Oklahoma, “the last Wild West show in existence.” Given “the wild Indian name” of Two Feathers, her life’s goal ...

Some involve those who had ... Feathers would be a great choice. A Phoenix Rises from the Ashes: A look back at one of Tucson’s most astonishing space missions in an excerpt from the upcoming ...

By Asher Elbein In 1861, scientists discovered Archaeopteryx, a dinosaur with feathers, in 150-million-year-old limestones in Solnhofen, Germany. They didn’t know it at the time, but that ...