The rufous brown plumage color of a Wood Thrush (Hylocichla ... and to produce a series of black bars on the wings. Interestingly, the long limb feathers on Anchiornis were not asymmetrical ...

The feather-color discovery does raises the possibility ... For all we know, it could've had black wings and a white body." ...

“This is the first time that we have wings found on a dinosaur ... to the name of his newest feathered discovery. “We believe it is nice to put some Chinese color on these dinosaurs ...

Most modern birds solved this issue by evolving shorter appendages to accompany their tertial feathers. But even though ...

Who decides what color dinosaurs are ... was found to be primarily covered in grey and black feathers with white tips on the wings, tail and feet, Sues explained. The roadrunner-like dino also ...

The chicken-size dinosaur species' color patterns were decoded after the researchers had used a scanning electron microscope to study pigment samples taken from fossil feathers all over a specimen ...

A robot dinosaur is helping scientists peer into our prehistoric past to learn why some dinosaurs evolved feathered wings before they ... structures made of black-colored paper and sent Robopteryx ...

If you’ve ever wondered why some animals like butterflies, birds, and beetles shimmer in the light and change from one iridescent color to ... found in wings, feathers, fur, and skin.

Longer wings and beefed-up flying muscles often ... many migrators share another unexpected flight aid: lighter-colored feathers. Being a tad more lightly colored than non-migrating birds may ...