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Across various cultures, religions, film and literature, feathers have a strong symbolic meaning. Feathers have certain connotations based on their use and color meaning, but there is also a deeper ...

It is important to know how different organs ‘manage’ their stem cells. Both hair and feather follicles show robust regenerative powers that episodically renew the epithelial organ. However, the ...

Eagles and other birds will lose flight feathers symmetrically during molting season. However, if an eagle loses a feather on one wing through injury or accident, it will not automatically shed the ...

A new analysis makes the best case yet that the Jurassic plume came from an iconic feathered dinosaur. This exquisitely preserved 150-million-year-old feather, the first ever discovered, was found in ...

Feathers are like eyes or or hands. They’re so complex, so impressive in their adaptations, so good at getting a job done, that it can be hard at first to believe they evolved. Feathers today are only ...

HUTCHINSON, Kansas Mya Whittington's parents panicked when they saw a lump growing on their almost 7-month-old child's neck -- and were shocked when a doctor removed a 2-inch feather from the spot.

In nature, the best form of defence is camouflage, and feather stars have got that down to an art. These strange, plant-like creatures hide in plain sight among bright corals and anemones, firmly ...