Skin fossils from a sauropod dinosaur examined with an electron microscope feature structures called melanosomes, which are similar to those that create the bright colours in birds' feathers ...

If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of feathered friend was responsible for it, even if the bird itself isn’t around. The color, size, and pattern of ...

Jurassic Park (1993) featured Velociraptors hunting park visitors, depicting them as wily lizard-like predators. Time and science, however, have been unkind to the filmmakers. Velociraptors and most ...

If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That’s the consensus among most people, but a new study published this week in the ...

The fossilized remains of a tiny duck-sized dinosaur with rainbow feathers have been discovered. Dubbed Caihong juji, which is Mandarin for ‘rainbow with a big crest,’ the dinosaur discovery was ...

Scientists have long speculated that dinosaurs were a dull brown or mottled gray. But researchers studying the fossils of an ancient dinosaur say they've found new evidence the creature sported ...

Why do some birds lay colourful eggs? From pale blue to speckled red, they come in every shade and hue. The answer, say scientists, is that coloured eggs evolved millions of years ago in birds' ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) North-central New South Wales today is known for its arid, drought-prone climate. During the Cretaceous period , however, it was a lush coastal floodplain with a high ...

The rainbow of hues seen in modern bird eggs probably evolved in birds' dinosaur ancestors, which had eggs with colorful and speckled shells. That's according to a new study of fossil eggs in the ...

Eggshells come in a dazzling range of colours and patterns, from the vivid blue of a robin to the deep brown speckles on quail eggs. And it seems modern birds have their dinosaur ancestors to thank ...

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