Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with such unprecedented levels of detail. The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus ...

Galaxies like the Milky Way boast more than spirals; they also have feathers, where clumps of new stars are born. Astronomers have been stumped by how these complex structures form, but now a ...

“It's not just all tail feathers or all flank feathers or anything specific—it's pretty much all over the board.” How exactly birds-of-paradise can take advantage of this newly discovered trait in the ...