"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

Mar. 20, 2025 — Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By ...

The secretary bird may look like it’s dressed for a fancy party, but as an unlucky jackal learned, this bird is not a very ...

We have learned about dinosaurs being ferociously built with scales on their skin. Little did we know that some dinosaurs ...

Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has ...

The Divine Bird Feathers is an Incantation introduced in ... The incantation is over a dead body in the middle of the lake.

Rooks have have black plumage with a purple-blue sheen — and they have untidy-looking feathers around their thighs (like ...