The presence of two types of skin on the fossil implies that dinosaurs may have retained reptile skin as protection while experimenting with feathers in certain areas in the early days of feather ...

Birds are inextricably linked to feathers, which allow them to fly, keep warm and put on dramatic displays. Feathers, however, predate birds—having first belonged to extinct dinosaurs.

But there is one natural wonder that just about all of us can see, simply by stepping outside: dinosaurs ... threadlike feathers alive today: baby birds. All the feathers on a developing chick ...