Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...

Sometimes dubbed the Brazilian Serengeti, the Brazilian Pantanal contains the highest concentration of wildlife in South ...

Hidden layers of colour in the plumage of tanagers and some other songbirds explain what makes them so eye-catching ...

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop.

Body coverings such as hair and feathers have played a central role in evolution. They enabled warm-bloodedness by insulating ...

“Mirasaura lived in trees in one of the first forests that emerged after the great mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic ...