Peacock tail feathers infused with dye emit laser light under pulsed illumination.

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The color of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time. The research found that the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had simple bristles -- precursors of ...

Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish species are dazzling. There are gorgeous insects that look like they’re dappled in gold, bright green, and scarlet. Like ...

The discovery of microscopic color-making structures in fossilized feathers has recently made it possible for scientists to picture dinosaurs and ancient birds in their natural hues. But a group ...

Being a tad more lightly colored than non-migrating birds may help these long-distance fliers stay cool as they work hard under the hot sun to fly, researchers report December 6 in Current Biology.

The device mimics the nanoscale structure of colorful feathers to make high-intensity laser light with almost any color. Lasers work by trapping light in or near a material that can emit more ...

The color of its feathers range from brilliant turquoise on its front to dull bluish-grey on its head. As with other birds, the color is created by structural differences in the feather.

While the team discovered the feathers, the next step was finding out if there was anything unique about them, and if they served any purpose. Touch a Jurassic-period fossil and go river rafting ...

Now, analyses of fossil feathers from all parts of A. huxleyi ’s body — reported online February 4 and in an upcoming Science — provide a detailed look at the dino’s color scheme.

For the first time, scientists have decoded the full-body color patterns of a dinosaur, a new study says—apparently one-upping last week's announcement of a partial recreation.

The new study is an important contribution to the longstanding debate over how, and why, brightly colored feathers evolved in birds, said Geoffrey Hill, an ornithologist and evolutionary ecologist ...