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Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

Some dinosaurs might have had fluorescent horns or feathers

5 March 2020

We know some birds use fluorescent pigments to enhance the brightness of their feathers or beaks – and now it seems some dinosaurs might have done this too
Artist's impression of two feathered oviraptor dinosaurs

Birds can thank attractive dinosaurs for their flight feathers

31 July 2019

Birds' feathers are so complicated that it was a mystery how they evolved. The answer might be a rare combination of natural and sexual selection

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