For decades, when people have wanted to stick two things together but later pull them back apart, Velcro has been the answer. In the future, however, the material may get some competition from bird ...

Over the last two decades, spectacular palaeontological discoveries, mainly from China, have revolutionized our understanding in the origin and evolution of feathers 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Major novel ...

Across various cultures, religions, film and literature, feathers have a strong symbolic meaning. Feathers have certain connotations based on their use and color meaning, but there is also a deeper ...

Eagles and other birds will lose flight feathers symmetrically during molting season. However, if an eagle loses a feather on one wing through injury or accident, it will not automatically shed the ...

Feathers might seem like a pretty mundane part of nature, although it's a little-known fact that they have a strong bond with the heavens and all spiritual realms. Our guardian angels scatter feathers ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has ...

Saint John the Evangelist (New Spain, 17th century), feather mosaic and paper on copper (Collection Daniel Liebsohn, all images courtesy Himer Verlag unless indicated) Cover of ‘Images Take Flight: ...

The dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present Alejandro E. Hernández, Fernando Gumeta-Gómez, Gustavo Hinojosa-Arango, Marco ...

Before pre-lit PVC Christmas trees stood tall and before aluminum trees basked in the glow of color wheels, the first artificial holiday trees were made from feathers. These trees were first crafted ...