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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maybe some of the original dinosaurs had feathers and only the later tests were without them. There are plenty of different directions Dominion could go with it. What really matters is that we ...

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 ...

They also had a secret weapon: By a quirk of chemistry, soft-tissue remains preserved in certain sediments glow under UV light, allowing the team to avoid accidentally removing feathers or skin ...