Some Birds’ Feathers Are Designed to Self-Destruct on Schedule

For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and ...
EurekAlert!

From dinosaurs to birds: the origins of feather formation

Feathers are among the most complex cutaneous appendages in the animal kingdom. While their evolutionary origin has been widely debated, paleontological discoveries and developmental biology studies ...

Watch: Concrete-covered owl returns to the wild after feather surgery

A great horned owl found covered in concrete was released back into the wild after undergoing surgery to replace its damaged ...
Hyperallergic

Plumage of the Saints: Aztec Feather Art in the Age of Colonialism

Saint John the Evangelist (New Spain, 17th century), feather mosaic and paper on copper (Collection Daniel Liebsohn, all images courtesy Himer Verlag unless indicated) Cover of ‘Images Take Flight: ...
New York Post

From Big Bird to Beyoncé: How NYC’s last remaining feather shop has adorned Broadway, Hollywood and beyond for over a century

One shop in a fading industry has feathered the storm. When Dersh Feather first opened in 1918, there were five prominent plume businesses in the Garment District — but these birds of a feather didn’t ...
Daily Maverick on MSN

The Oudtshoorn feather boom: Famed feather palaces of the Klein Karoo

The follies and wonders of the Oudtshoorn Feather Boom are still evident in the grand old mansions that remain.
Smithsonian Magazine

The Dance of the Feather Is a Flight Between Tradition and Modernity

The dance tradition has survived five centuries of cultural changes and fused Mexico’s pre-Hispanic past with its present Alejandro E. Hernández, Fernando Gumeta-Gómez, Gustavo Hinojosa-Arango, Marco ...