Feather microstructures can remarkably change the appearance of red plumage without any corresponding changes in either pigment concentration or molecule types Adult male Brazilian tanager ...

Advances in scientific technology are upending what we know about pterosaurs, the reptilian close cousins to dinosaurs who were the first of Earth’s vertebrates to achieve flapping-powered flight.

Newfound fossils of a feathered dinosaur suggest that the extinct reptiles might have possessed a diversity in plumage types that puts modern birds to shame. (See bird pictures.) Farmers in ...

A few years ago, Maria McNamara was invited to Brussels by fellow paleontologist Pascal Godefroit and presented with an intriguing opportunity. At the time, they were collaborating on a study of an ...

Pterosaurs, those flying reptiles that soared over the heads of dinosaurs, have long been depicted with scaly skin and bat-like, hairless wings. But a new study paints them as far cuddlier creatures ...

Whether it is the bright red of a cardinal or the distinct patterns of parrots, avian species are known for their colorful feathers. Now, some new research suggests flying creatures that dominated ...

Two fossils found in China were covered in furlike pycnofibers and feathers. This is an Inside Science story. The extinct flying reptiles known as pterosaurs had plumage like both the feathers of ...

We heard a thin, high-pitched sound repeated several times while walking up a snow-covered hill in a spruce forest. Could it be a golden-crowned kinglet surviving in these sub-freezing temperatures?