While it head-butted his theory of natural selection, Darwin emerged with the theory of sexual selection as a way to ...

Last year, we learnt that upcoming action-RPG Wuchang: Fallen Feathers is coming to Xbox Game Pass on day one in 2025 - and now the team has narrowed down that release window ahead of launch. Wuchang ...

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 ...

It's been known for some time that some—but not all—female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds take on the brightly colored plumage worn by males. In a study published in Animal Behaviour ...

Tweaking the Sonic Hedgehog gene can transform different aspects of development in chickens. For instance, transient over-expression of the gene can permanently turn feet scales into feathers. But ...

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 ...