Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are ...

The discovery, in a bizarre animal not closely related to birds, could change how scientists think about the origin of ...

Many species of songbirds have evolved to have strikingly colorful plumage, aiding them in catching the eye of mates, ...

A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is forcing a ...

If you find a bird feather – how can you tell which species it belongs to? An ornithologist in the Forensic Laboratory at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pondered this question.

Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.” ...

When Abebayehu Aticho first visited the flat terrains and floodplains in the Gambella region for his Ph.D. research in 2014, ...

Feeding a Magnificent Frigate Bird Directly from the Mouth in Belize ...

Alannah has won titles at a regional and national level, taking home more than twenty cups in the last two years.

Big Bird Kuti AKA Seun Kuti, Vector, and Odumodublvck have a message for the Opps. Seun Kuti shows his rapping skills next to Vector & Odumodublvck on 'Opp (s)' Adeayo Adebiyi 'OPP (S)' features ...

Is it possible that feathers weren’t the first extravagant skin appendages in reptiles? The recent discovery of Mirasaura grauvogeli’s remarkable dorsal crest has upended long-held assumptions about ...

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