X-rays Reveal Pigmentation of First Birds
By Mark Brown, Wired UK Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric beaked bird which co-existed with dinosaurs some 120 million years ago, had a dark body, neck and tail, and impressive patterns along its...
View ArticleHigh-Speed Videos Show How Hummingbirds Hum
A Yale University zoologist has used a laser vibrometer and high speed videos from a wind tunnel to work out how the hummingbird makes its famous hum, and found that the males of each species have...
View ArticleGiant Feathered Tyrannosaur Found in China
It's not your dad's tyrannosaur: Yutyrannus huali, a newly discovered ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex, was covered from head to tail in downy feathers.
View ArticleSpectacularly Preserved Fossil Suggests Most Dinosaurs Were Feathered
The discovery of a fantastically preserved, bushy-tailed fossil theropod has cloaked the dinosaur world in feathers. Other feathered dinosaurs have been found before, but none so close to the trunk of...
View ArticleDinosaurs Sprouted Wings Earlier Than Thought
Dinosaurs still walk—and fly—among us: We call them birds. Most paleontologists think birds descended from a group of winged dinosaurs, and thus dinos never went completely extinct. But where did the...
View ArticleDinosaurs May Have Shaken Their Tail Feathers to Woo Mates
A new study suggests that oviraptors -- feathered but flightless dinosaurs -- may have shaken their tail feathers during courtship displays.
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