On the open savannas of East Africa, a flock of vulturine guinea fowl looks almost unreal. Bodies are patterned with crisp ...

This artwork features a feather-inspired acrylic pour painting in soft pink and rich purple tones. The flowing movement, ...

One of nature's oldest birds just got a feather makeover. The Archaeopteryx, which lived around 150 million years ago and was a mixture of bird traits (notably feathers) and reptile traits (teeth, ...

Birds, more than any other group of animals, are a celebration of color. They have evolved to every extreme of the spectrum, from the hot pink of flamingos to the shimmering blue of a peacock’s neck.

But the previous research, published in Nature, had found pigments only on a few isolated parts of dinosaurs (see pictures)—and had used less rigorous methods for assigning colors to the fossilized, ...

New research shows fossil skin can reveal color patterns in young Diplodocus, changing old ideas about sauropod appearance.