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Robot dinosaur tests surprising theory about the evolution of feathers

Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers…

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Dinosaurs evolved feathers to scare prey, suggests robot experiment

Robopteryx, a dinosaur mimic, facing a grasshopper Jinseok Park, Piotr Jablonski et al. Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to…

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A fiber inspired by polar bears traps heat as well as down feathers do

The Arctic’s extreme cold is no match for a polar bear’s super-insulating fur. Humans could one day benefit from a…

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Feathers from deceased birds help scientists understand new threat to avian populations

As concerns over the world’s declining bird population mount, animal ecologists developed an analytical approach to better understand one of…

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Replicating the structure of bird feathers

The eastern bluebird is a special bird. The blue of its feathers is unique. However, this colour is not based…

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Dinosaur feathers may have been more birdlike than previously thought

Many feathered dinosaurs couldn’t fly — at least, not like birds do today. But the reptiles’ feathers may have been…

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