The fossilized remains of a tiny duck-sized dinosaur with rainbow feathers have been discovered. Dubbed Caihong juji, which is Mandarin for ‘rainbow with a big crest,’ the dinosaur discovery was ...

What color were the dinosaurs? Museums, movies, and paintings give us a vibrant picture of giant lizards in bright greens, yellows, purples, and blues. But, the truth is, dinosaur color is a bit of a ...

Scientists have long speculated that dinosaurs were a dull brown or mottled gray. But researchers studying the fossils of an ancient dinosaur say they've found new evidence the creature sported ...

If you come across a bird nest there’s usually a pretty good way of telling what kind of feathered friend was responsible for it, even if the bird itself isn’t around. The color, size, and pattern of ...

If we asked you to picture dinosaur eggs in your mind, what would you see? A nest full of massive gray or tan eggs? That’s the consensus among most people, but a new study published this week in the ...

For the first time ever, paleontologists can look at dinosaurs in color. In last week's issue of the journal Nature, scientists described the discovery of melanosomes, biological structures that give ...