Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs. This study is ...

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

In a nutshell Scientists temporarily reversed feather evolution in chickens by blocking a key developmental pathway, causing ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

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

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

While a transient over-expression of the gene can permanently turn feet scales into feathers, it is much harder to disrupt ...

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 ...

Feathers start to develop in embryonic chickens nine days after the egg is laid. First, thick spots called placodes pop up all over the developing chicken, the researchers observed.