Earth.com7h
‘Wiggly’ skulls helped birds evolve from dinosaurs
Modern birds, along with certain snakes and fishes, have skulls whose jaws and palates are not firmly fixed in place.
Science Daily21h
From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation
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 embryonic ...
IFLScience on MSN2h
Scientists Disrupted A Key Gene – And It Made Chicken Feathers More Dinosaur-Like
From two weeks onwards, feather development in the embryos partially returned to normal. The chicks with the altered pathway ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN5h
Chicken embryo study reveals how modern feathers evolved from dinosaurs
Feathers are complex skin structures, and their evolutionary beginnings are still a subject of scientific debate. Scientific ...
Live Science on MSN22h
30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with ...
Knowridge Science Report9h
From dinosaurs to chickens: How feathers first evolved
Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t just appear suddenly in birds. Instead, they evolved step by step from much ...
Uzo Aduba: ‘I was still thinking about quitting acting even when I was cast in Orange is the New Black’
The star of Netflix’s new Shondaland comedy-drama on pushing back against Trump, battling rejection and channeling Angela ...