This implies that dinosaurs may have retained their scaly reptile skin during the early days of feather evolution. "Collectively, the fossil evidence supports partitioning of skin development in ...

New insights into the flying capabilities of a nonbird dinosaur were drawn from an unusually well-preserved specimen known as ...

Key to the first bird’s flight was likely a set of never-before-seen feathers, called tertials, found on the upper arm of the ...

Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs ... plays a crucial role in embryonic development. By disrupting this gene, scientists ...

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could not.

Scans of the most well-preserved fossil of a prehistoric flying reptile with intact feathers have revealed how the first birds managed to fly while their non-bird dinosaur cousins could ... To unravel ...