Every year, the free Lowell Folk Festival shows that a weekend-long immersion in traditional music, dance, and food can be as ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

What's in a blue jay feather? As it turns out, less color than you'd think. We asked an expert to explain why blue jay ...

The discovery of microscopic color-making structures in fossilized feathers has recently made it possible for scientists to picture dinosaurs and ancient birds in their natural hues.

The pterosaur dominated the ancient skies millions of years ago, and new researcher shows they had the ability to change the color of their feathers.

Birds that suffer from leucism, like the black-capped chickadee pictured here, don''t produce normal amounts of pigment in their feathers, leaving their appearance duller and more drab. This ...

The color of some feathers on dinosaurs and early birds has been identified for the first time. The research found that the theropod dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had simple bristles -- precursors of ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish species are dazzling. There are gorgeous insects that look like they ...

Migratory birds have lighter-colored feathers Date: December 6, 2021 Source: Cell Press Summary: Migratory birds are specially adapted to find their way over extreme distances that represent ...

Dinosaur tail feathers carrot colored, study saysIn the new study, Michael Benton, a paleontologist at the University of Bristol, and colleagues have analyzed the structures of what appear to be ...

Recently, a group of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis wrote a study about why birds may have colored feathers. Out of the 12 colors humans can see in ...