Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... of foot scales can permanently turn them into feathers, it is much harder to permanently ...

A flamingo looks like a bird cooked ... glorious feathers? They seem to exist purely for our delight, but in fact they are not pink at first. Chicks hatch with white feathers that turn gray ...

Chickens treated to inhibit the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway during development grow feathers that resemble ancient ...

"Our experiments show that while a transient disturbance in the development of foot scales can permanently turn them into ... feathers were not the complicated, branching features seen on birds ...

These “little skeletons of raptor dinosaurs, sheathed in feathers, wings coming out ... “I built this big family tree that put into context where birds fit in. Who their closest relatives ...

"Our experiments show that while a transient disturbance in the development of foot scales can permanently turn them into feathers, it is much harder to permanently disrupt feather development ...

UNIGE scientists reveal the key role of specific genes in feather development, providing insights into their evolution from dinosaurs.