From a gynandromorphic grosbeak to feathers collected at a murder investigation in Florida, biographer Chris Sweeney shares ...

Gold Shaw Farm discusses practical reasons why trimming chicken feathers is sometimes necessary. Crowds in St. Peter's Square cheered as white smoke signaled a new pope This Little-visited ...

In a nutshell Scientists temporarily reversed feather evolution in chickens by blocking a key developmental pathway, causing the embryos to grow simplified, unbranched feather structures ...

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 ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the genetics of feather formation by experimenting on chicken embryos. By ...

Scientists recreate ancient proto-feathers in chicken embryos, revealing evolutionary resilience in feather development.

From dinosaurs to chickens: How feathers first evolvedFeathers are one of the most complex features found on animals, but where did they come from? Scientists now believe that feathers didn’t ...

Inhibiting the sonic hedgehog (Shh) pathway strongly perturbs feather development in chickens by restricting feather bud outgrowth, invagination and branching, according to a study published March ...

By Leah Collins, CNN London (CNN) — I’m personally a massive fan of any meal that involves chicken, from deep-fried wings to a gourmet-style Cordon Bleu – however it’s served, I love the ...

The researchers determined that using chicken feather-derived keratin to produce adhesives is a more sustainable manufacturing process than the traditional approaches that use fossil raw materials ...

Inexpensive and biodegradable thermoplastics were developed through graft polymerization of native chicken feather with methyl acrylate as a potential substitute for petroleum products. Poultry ...

Why did the chicken cross the road? Possibly to help save the world. Now scientists have discovered a way to repurpose waste by using chicken feathers to help power clean electricity. And that’s no ...