Exposure to sulfur-rich volcanic soil may increase production of pheomelanin, a pigment that gives a reddish tint to the feathers of barn owls living on remote volcanic islands Barn owls (Tyto alba) ...
A team of paleontologists scrutinizing the feathers on the back of a fossilized pterosaur’s head have found evidence that these flying creatures had the genetic infrastructure for multicolored plumage ...
Pterosaurs -- the flying relatives of dinosaurs -- could control the color of their plumage, researchers have discovered. Pterosaurs lived alongside dinosaurs, 230 million to 66 million years ago. The ...
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Pterosaurs, flying reptiles that coexisted with dinosaurs, have been on a roll lately — or, rather, their fossils have, as a plethora of recent discoveries has helped flesh out the evolutionary ...
Examining fossilized pigments, scientists have uncovered new insights into blue color tones in prehistoric birds. Examining fossilised pigments, scientists from the University of Bristol have ...
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