Even though the first fossil evidence of Jurassic Era feathers was found more than 150 years ago, the link between birds and dinosaurs was largely ignored for a century.

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying ...

But birds didn’t always have such sophisticated feathers. The earliest feather-like structures on dinosaurs were most likely simple hair-like filaments that were more like fuzz than proper feathers.

Scientists are studying two dinosaurs found buried together in prehistoric battle. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is preparing to study a fossil it has held for years — a pair of ...

Science | June 10, 2025. Engineers Are Racing to Harness the Dazzling Magic of Feathers. They Haven’t Solved the Mystery Just Yet. The natural marvels, which do everything from enabling ...

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.. The ...

Thousands of Pachyrhinosaurus dinosaurs lost their lives at the creek almost 73 million years ago, sparking a paleo mystery about what they had been doing before they killed and the cause of their ...