Feather patterns reveal stem cell secrets. Friday, 26 April 2013 Rachel Sullivan ABC. ... They discovered melanocyte cells lie under the skin at the base of the cylinder-shaped feather follicles.

Ordinary grey bird feathers placed under X-ray fluorescence reveal beautiful patterns of elements like zinc, telling a story of feather growth and the environments the birds have experienced.

How bird feather patterns form Date: February 21, 2019 Source: PLOS Summary: According to a new study, the precise patterning of bird feathers relies on signaling through ectodysplasin (EDA) and ...

LAST week’s Memories introduced our second CineSecrets video which is available on the Echo’s website. Each month, the North-East Film Archive… ...

Flocks of wild jackdaws will change their flying patterns depending on whether they are returning to roost or banding together to drive away predators, according to research originally slated to ...

Insights from Fossils. By applying these newfound feather rules to fossils dating back up to 160 million years, researchers identified ancestral bird species likely capable of flight.

According to a new study published Feb. 21 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, led by Dr. William Ho and Denis Headon of the University of Edinburgh, and collaborative colleagues, the precise ...