Now, after studying the find, scientists have announced that the fossil is of a new, duck-sized dinosaur—and when it lived it had an incredible feather display that shined like a living rainbow.

A new study in Nature Communications reveals that iridescent feathers go way back -- a newly discovered species of dinosaur from 161 million years ago had rainbow coloring. Caihong juji was tiny ...

An illustration of a reconstruction of the iridescent dinosaur that had rainbow feathers, named Caihong juji, unearthed in China REUTERS WASHINGTON — There’s not a pot of gold at the end of ...

Early analysis points to the dinosaur as having possessed an iridescent, rainbow-like array of feathers adorning its head, neck, and chest. The findings, published Monday in the journal Nature ...

The dinosaur's full scientific name, Caihong juji, means "rainbow with a big crest".

There's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There's an iridescent dinosaur. Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a crow-sized, bird-like dinosaur with colourful feathers from ...