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Fancy feather gene

By Stephen Ornes / February 15, 2013

This Indian fantail, one of 350 breeds of rock pigeons, has a tuft of feathers called a peak crest. Scientists recently pinpointed the gene mutation responsible for this feather formation. Credit: Michael Shapiro

A tweak in a single pigeon gene causes a distinct feather formation

Posted in Animals | Tagged birds, cells, crests, DNA, feathers, genes, genetic mutations, genetics, getinvolved, Michael Shapiro, University of Utah

Dino find ruffles feathers

By Stephen Ornes / July 27, 2012

The skeleton of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, embedded in a limestone slab, suggests that feathers might have been the norm for dinosaurs. Credit: H. Tischlinger/Jura Museum Eichstatt

Nearly-perfect, newfound dinosaur fossil reveals more dinos were feathered than previously thought

Posted in Dinosaurs & Fossils | Tagged carnivore, coelurosaur, dinosaur, evolution, feathers, fossil, getinvolved, Luis Chiappe, Mark Norell, meat-eating, megalosaur, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, paleontologist, paleontology, protofeather, topstories