Molting chickens can be a scary sight if you haven’t experienced it before. If you’ve noticed your chickens start to lose ...

Feathers may have started as simple filaments in ancient dinosaurs, but a team of Swiss researchers is digging deep into the ...

Scientists have successfully genetically modified chickens to make their feathers resemble those of dinosaurs. This study is part of a broader effort to understand how and why feathers evolved.

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As part of their study of feather evolution, scientists have tried to restore the original appearance of chickens. They succeeded, but only temporarily. By inhibiting the key gene Sonic Hedgehog at ...