Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs. This study is part of a broader effort to understand how and why feathers evolved.

GENEVA — From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather. Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken ...

Birds show an amazing diversity in plumage color and patterning. But what are the genetic mechanisms creating such patterns? Researchers now report that two independent mutations are required to ...

If you took a careful look at the feathers on a chicken, you'd find many different forms within the same bird -- even within a single feather. The diversity of feather shapes and functions expands ...

Walter Schmidt had a ticklish problem: what to do with the nation’s chicken feathers? The U.S. poultry industry produces up to 4 billion pounds of feathers each year, and Schmidt, a research chemist ...

The researchers tested their feather-based membrane by assembling it in a commercial fuel cell setup - NTU Singapore/ETH Zurich The researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU ...