Dinosaur Era Feather Reveals Its Colors

The long debate over a complexly colored fossilized feather belonging to a species of bird that flew in the Earth's skies some 100 million years ago has been settled recently by scientists after they revealed that the coloring patterns were of biological origin, and might contain clues t... [ read more >> ]

Image of the fossil feather

Miscroscope image of the fossil feather showing how melanosome patterns influence color

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Miscroscope image of the fossil feather showing how melanosome patterns influence color