Researchers at ETH Zurich have created a material traversed by a network of channels the size of micrometres in the same way as the microstructure of a bird's feather. To do so they have developed a ...

Ancient bird fossil reveals an unexpected feather structure The fossil belonged to a larger collection of ancient bird fossils housed in the Chinese museum. The fossil had not undergone any ...

The iridescent shimmer that makes birds such as peacocks and hummingbirds so striking is rooted in a natural nanostructure so complex that people are only just beginning to replicate it ...

(Nanowerk News) The eastern bluebird is a special bird. The blue of its feathers is unique. However, this colour is not based on pigments but on the special structure of the feather. Viewed under the ...

The post Some Birds’ Feathers Are Designed to Self-Destruct on Schedule appeared first on A-Z Animals. For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are ...

Imagine a favorite T-shirt that does not dull with time, or a car that never needs a new coat of paint. A study done at The University of Akron may be able to make this a reality in the near future.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration shows what a male and female Plumadraco, a bird that lived about 121 million years during the Cretaceous Period in ...

What is heavier: 1 kilogram of feathers or 1 kilogram of steel? Whilst the answer to this classic riddle is that they both weigh the same amount, it may be surprising to discover that the color of a ...

The pink-throated brilliant hummingbird, Heliodoxa gularis, has, unsurprisingly, a brilliant pink throat. So does its cousin, the rufous-webbed brilliant hummingbird, Heliodoxa branickii. When ...

The researchers found an evolutionary tweak in feather nanostructure that has more than doubled the range of iridescent colors birds can display. This insight could help researchers understand how and ...

May 27 (Reuters) - New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds of paradise prancing about and showing off their ...