H5N1 influenza is evolving rapidly, weakening the effectiveness of existing antibodies and increasing its potential threat to ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

The blue-headed quail dove is a uniquely ancient species with no close relatives and is now on the brink of extinction. At ...

Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

From two weeks onwards, feather development in the embryos partially returned to normal. The chicks with the altered pathway ...

Feathers are complex skin structures, and their evolutionary beginnings are still a subject of scientific debate. Scientific ...

Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t just appear suddenly in birds. Instead, they evolved step by step from much ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated ...

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been ...

Scientists uncovered a key genetic pathway in the origin of feathers, but they found that evolution is stubborn in turning ...

Cranial kinesis allows modern birds to eat a wider variety of foods and use their beaks as multifunctional tools.

The theory of evolution is dominated by the utilitarian logic of natural selection: adapt or die, survival of the fittest.