Feathers are important for birds today, enabling flight, warmth, and communication. Now, researchers from the University of Geneva have traced the origin of feathers. Scientists believe feathers ...
GENEVA — From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather. Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken ...
New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as the Chicago Archaeopteryx. By Asher Elbein In 1861, scientists discovered ...