The bird was likely comparable in size to a modern blue jay. However, its tail reached more ... Negaunee Integrative Research Center. “It had a fan of short feathers at the base and then two ...

“Well, a couple of families came into the nature center that we have out here at Hart Park, and they just said they saw a guy grab it by the tail feathers ... to get the bird back, but on ...

Here’s how it works. A dinosaur-age bird's extravagant tail feathers may have helped it win over mates, but the fluffy rump was also literally a drag during flight, a study of a well-preserved ...

The peacock is famous for its radiant tail, but it’s not the only bird with a particularly well-constructed rear end. Here’s ...

A pigeon-sized dinosaur that lived more than 100 million years ago sported four ribbon-like tail ... bird, which lived about 150 million years ago. You may like Chickens sprouted dino-like ...

An artistic rendering of the early Cretaceous era fukuipteryx prima, a dino-bird with a tail feather-supporting skeleton, which was discovered by researchers in central Japan. (Masanori Yoshida) (CN) ...

“That’s the most calming position for the bird,” Ruegg says. Some birds will struggle; jays can be particularly irritable and quick to bite. Most songbirds have 12 tail feathers, and for DNA ...

The new ancient bird fossil showing a pair of elongated tail feathers. Image: M. Wang et al., 2021/Current Biology Introducing Yuanchuavis, an extinct bird that lived 120 million years ago in what ...

It may seem wildly impractical, but flashy plumage—such as the long, shimmery tail feathers of the king bird of paradise—evolved to serve a key goal: attracting potential mates. Although both ...

“There’s no way of knowing where the bird came from. It was in great body condition, very clean, but all of these feathers are freshly cut. There’s nothing left to the wings and tai ...

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.