Palaeontologists have compared the feathers of a 120 million-year-old dinosaur to those of modern birds.
This emperor penguin recorded for a BBC documentary is almost entirely black due to a rare genetic mutation.
Scientists have discovered some rather unusual feathers within pieces of amber dating back 100 million years.
The idea that Tyrannosaurus rex had a thick plumage of feathers has been called in to serious doubt.
Ancient Native Americans valued macaw feathers so highly that they went to great lengths to farm them.
The unprecedented 99 million-year-old specimen contains preserved bones, soft tissues and feathers.
Palaeontologists believe that they have found a way to determine the color of a dinosaur's feathers.
Palaeontologists have been quick to point out the flaws in this summer's follow-up to Jurassic Park.
While some dinosaurs did have feathers, this trait is believed to be the exception rather than the rule.