Scientists believe a rare discovery may hold clues, as they describe a pinch of juvenile feathers that belonged to a baby bird of an extinct species. The Ugly Duckling holds true for a lot of bird ...

Found on many modern birds ... uses for its wing feathers, DePalma says. For example, the animal could have used them to frighten or impress other dinosaurs or to pin down prey—both are ...

A pair of new studies, based in part on the discovery of ancient baby bird feathers preserved in amber, suggest that a major factor lies in how the different bird groups molted. Two Different Types of ...