A tiny, plant-eating dinosaur about the same size of a chicken that occupied what’s now northern Spain some 125 million years ...

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GENEVA — From dinosaur fuzz to eagle wings, evolution spent over 100 million years perfecting the feather. Now, Swiss scientists have found a way to reverse this process in the lab, causing chicken ...

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Feathers are important for birds today, enabling flight, warmth, and communication. Now, researchers from the University of Geneva have traced the origin of feathers. Scientists believe feathers ...

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BOZEMAN - Scientist are flipping genetic switches, making chicken sprout teeth, tails and hands. By awakening prehistoric genes, said Museum of the Rockies curator Jack Horner, scientists are only a ...

At that crucial moment, what was really happening to dinosaur diversity? Discovery, identification, and description of new dinosaurs provide vital clues. This is where our work comes in. Close ...

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because he was running away from the rogue scientist who was trying to turn him into a dinosaur... I remember seeing Jurassic Park as a kid - my mother was ...