About 80 million years ago, the flap of wings in a conifer forest let loose feathers that floated through the air before sticking to globs of shining tree sap below. Researchers in Western Canada have ...

Pterosaurs ruled the skies during the age of the dinosaurs, but scientists have long debated if they actually had feathers.Now we know. Not only did these flying reptiles have feathers, but they could ...

Neanderthals plucked the feathers from falcons and vultures, perhaps for symbolic value, scientists find. This new discovery adds to evidence that our closest known extinct relatives were capable of ...

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