By tweaking a specific gene, scientists have discovered a way to permanently transform the scales on a chicken's feet into feathers. The results provide new insight into the bird's evolutionary ...

Birds show an amazing diversity in plumage color and patterning. But what are the genetic mechanisms creating such patterns? Researchers now report that two independent mutations are required to ...

GENEVA — From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather. Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken ...

In a new study, researchers inhibited a gene during embryonic development to make chicken feathers more primitive, like the kind of simple tube-shaped proto-feathers that likely first emerged in the ...

The researchers tested their feather-based membrane by assembling it in a commercial fuel cell setup - NTU Singapore/ETH Zurich The researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU ...

If you took a careful look at the feathers on a chicken, you'd find many different forms within the same bird -- even within a single feather. The diversity of feather shapes and functions expands ...

Lady Bird likes to sneak inside and lay eggs in the dog bed. Gertie, named for Gertrude Stein, is the dominant hen. Princess, Henny Penny and Daphne complete the backyard flock. They just celebrated ...