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How long can a feather be balanced in the palm of your hand? n Feather STEP 1: Place the quill of the feather in the palm of your hand and attempt to balance the feather. You were able to balance the ...

Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers who built a winged robot and used it to scare grasshoppers. Pennaceous feathers, ...

Feathers may define birds today, but their story began millions of years ago in creatures that looked very different from modern avians. A new study has just pushed the boundary of evolutionary ...