Most of us will never get to see nature's greatest marvels in person ... dinosaurs using their feathers to fly. Birds are so common, even in the most paved-over places on Earth, that it's easy ...

Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage by Robert Clark, published by Chronicle Books 2016 Is there anything in nature that is both so extravagantly beautiful and so dang useful as a feather?

After ruling out diet, scientists discover the secret behind blue feathers lies inside how the feathers are made. Gavriel Jecan / Corbis For decades, scientists have known how birds with yellow or ...

Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has ...

Fossilized feathers discovered 136 years ago are still ... often with fatal effects for life in their immediate vicinity. The nature of the vulture’s preservation is an encouraging sign that ...

Inside the service’s warehouse-sized building in a nature preserve outside Denver, a wildlife technician recently pulled a cold eagle carcass from a box. He spread the wings, fanned the tail, examined ...

The feather itself is not a new find ... His work has appeared in publications including Science News, Science, Nature, and Scientific American.