If you had to describe a male peacock's tail feathers, you might pick words like "dazzling" or "beautiful." You probably wouldn't go with "stealthy," "aerodynamic," or "subtle." Peacock tails are just ...

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 ...

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Like a peacock with its dazzling plumage, this Cretaceous bird had fancy tail feathers that likely served to attract mates. Reading time 4 minutes Introducing Yuanchuavis, an extinct bird that lived ...

The fossil belonged to a larger collection of ancient bird fossils housed in the Chinese museum. The fossil had not undergone any examination for quite some time before researchers decided to examine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever wondered what a bird’s tail is made of? It’s actually just feathers. Unlike animals such as cats or dogs, there are ...

"We've never seen this combination of different kinds of tail feathers before in a fossil bird," says Jingmai O'Connor, a paleontologist at Chicago's Field Museum and one of the study's authors. "This ...

Have you ever wondered what a bird’s tail is made of? It’s actually just feathers. Unlike animals such as cats or dogs, there are no bones or muscles back there, just a set of strong, flat feathers.