Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a reconstruction of the iridescent dinosaur which had rainbow feathers, named Caihong juji, unearthed in China, ...

Artist's concept of Caihong, a crow-sized iridescent dinosaur from the Jurassic Period. Velizar Simeonovski/The Field Museum These days, a new feathered dinosaur may seem like just another addition to ...

Forget the Babadook. A new LGBT icon has emerged whose very existence is a gay pride parade float. Scientists have uncovered the tiny, duck-sized fossil of a "rainbow" dinosaur in northeastern China, ...

For sunbirds, all that shimmers is piping hot. The birds’ flashy, iridescent feathers heat up more than other types of feathers, possibly making it harder to stay cool in hot, sunny conditions. If so, ...

Birds are the last remaining dinosaurs. They're also some of the most vibrantly colored animals on Earth. A new study in Nature Communications reveals that iridescent feathers go way back--a newly ...