The post Some Birds’ Feathers Are Designed to Self-Destruct on Schedule appeared first on A-Z Animals. For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. During the Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago, the flying species called enantiornithines ...

An expedition into the jungle of New Guinea has resulted in the discovery of two new species of poisonous birds. Genetic changes in these bird species have allowed them to carry a powerful neurotoxin.

Exceptional preservation of soft tissues in the fossil record has provided information on the feathers of ancient birds, including some feather types that don’t exist among modern species. Some ...

For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and rebuilding a wardrobe from scratch drains massive amounts of time, calories, ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...