Unlike their smooth-feathered cousins, Frillbacks’ keratin forms in spirals, resulting in their signature curls. These feathers are purely for the aesthetic and don’t affect the bird’s ...

Birds use beaks for just about everything: building nests, feeding their young, cleaning their feathers ... Its beak is covered in layers of keratin, a protein that helps the beak stand up ...

In the heart of the Australian and New Guinea rainforests lives the cassowary, known as the world's most dangerous bird due ...

A bird to look up to – Frank McNally on ... The microscopic structures in the jay’s wing feathers, made of keratin, are just the right size to reflect blue, and it does so in a vibrant and ...

Although mistaken for a second beak, it’s actually made of keratin and is used to ... It almost looks like someone left their feather boa out, and a bird picked it up to use as nesting materials.

Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, according to a ...

Feathers, primarily composed of keratin, are a significant byproduct of the poultry industry, leading to substantial waste that is challenging to decompose using conventional methods. Keratinases ...

Evidence of a bird strike has reportedly been found in ... A preliminary report published on Monday, Jan. 27, said feathers and blood stains were found in both engines of the Boeing 737-800 ...

Seoul: Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, according to a preliminary investigation released Monday. The Boeing 737-800 was ...

Fire fighters and rescue personnel work near the wreckage of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft after it crashed some 288 kilometres southwest of Seoul, on December 29, 2024 (AFP photo) SEOUL — ...