Long-eared Owls have fluorescent feathers that glow under UV light. These hidden pigments vary by age, sex, and size.

Birds have long been nature’s masters of flight. Their ability to glide, dive, and twist through the air with ease has ...

The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird ...

The emergence of proto-feathers likely marked the first key step in feather evolution, initially providing thermal insulation and ornamentation before being progressively modified under natural ...

A new analysis of a fossil found in 1889 has unveiled the presence of zeolites—and an entirely new mineralization method.

While there is an astounding variety of physical differences in wildlife that humans can easily observe, new research from ...

Possessing bird feathers could get a person cooped up in ... Taking bald or golden eagles' feathers, nests or eggs is also prohibited under the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple ... before being progressively modified under natural selection to give rise to the more complex ...