The drawing is based on the study of exceptionally-preserved feathers from a creature called Anchiornis, a bird-like dinosaur that seems to be a "rough draft" of avian flight. SUBSCRIBE LOG IN ...

A fossilized feather found 159 years ago in Germany has returned to the paleontological spotlight, with new research declaring the feather as having come from the bird-like Archaeopteryx, much to ...

image: A new depiction of Anchiornis and its contour feather. view more . Credit: Rebecca Gelernter. A University of Bristol-led study has revealed new details about dinosaur feathers and enabled ...

Perhaps non-avian dinosaurs could have sounded with stridulating feathers and bristles, too. Maybe bird-like species such as Anchiornis or even Velociraptor could rub their exquisite feathers ...

Dinosaur or mud stain? An ancient cave drawing high on a rock formation in southeastern Utah has stirred a skirmish of sorts between creationists who believe it's proof that humans and dinosaurs ...

Seeing feathers on a dinosaur so far removed from a bird, Zelenitsky said, suggests to her that they could have been found on most dinosaurs. One area still ripe for exploration is large dinosaurs.

The Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago, had feathers with a glossy iridescent sheen. It also had a narrow tail adorned with a pair of streamer ...

Art by Carl Buell, courtesy of Nicholas Longrich How did feathered dinosaurs take to the air? Paleontologists have been investigating and debating this essential aspect of avian evolution for over ...

Drawings of dinosaurs show them in all sorts of hues, usually duller Earth tones such as brown and gray, but scientists have only speculated on their coloring. As their connection to birds came to ...