At about 10 months old, the beloved bird has begun fledging, or losing his fluffy baby feathers and gaining sleek adult ones Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

When a gas is highly energized, its electrons get torn from the parent atoms, resulting in a plasma—the oft-forgotten fourth state of matter (along with solid, liquid, and gas). When we think of ...

Pterosaurs, those flying reptiles that soared over the heads of dinosaurs, have long been depicted with scaly skin and bat-like, hairless wings. But a new study paints them as far cuddlier creatures ...

Even though dogs and cats are the most common household pets, they certainly aren't the only ones. Millions of people also have scaly, slimy, or feathered friends to brighten their homes—and even ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There's no doubt anymore: Pterosaurs — the flying reptiles that zipped through the skies during ...

Feathers are a sleek, intricate evolutionary innovation that makes flight possible for birds, but in addition to their stiff, aerodynamic feathers used for flight, birds also keep a layer of soft, ...

During the Jurassic period, some feathered dinosaurs — including the 160-million-year-old, crow-size Anchiornis huxleyi — were downright fluffy, unlike many of their sleek, modern bird relatives, a ...

Pesto the penguin is going through some big changes! At about 10 months old, the King Penguin chick, who went viral this year for his large and fluffy appearance, started to shed his baby feathers and ...