But since the 1990s, thousands of fossils with feathers and fur have been discovered. In some cases, traces of melanosomes - cell organelles that contain the pigment melanin - can be seen when these ...

Scientists have discovered the fossilized remains of a new fish species called Ferruaspis brocksi, which lived 15 million ...

The fossils were embedded in iron-rich sediments, which created the perfect conditions for preserving even the most delicate ...

The new research is the first to look back at early mammals in full color. Using advanced fossil imaging methods and a ...

Our earliest mammalian ancestors avoided the dominant dinosaurs by only coming out at night and having uniformly dark, grey-brown fur for camouflage.

The serendipitous discovery of an exquisitely preserved fossil near Gulgong in NSW provides a glimpse into the evolution of ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers -- the first ever record of such a ...

brocksi fossils while exploring a research site ... which produce the pigment melanin. These cells indicate that F. brocksi had two lateral stripes on its side, a light-colored stomach and a ...

Researchers were able to examine the fish in great detail using a powerful microscope. See what they discovered.

Scientists at the University of Manchester used a combination of X-ray spectroscopy techniques to examine three key specimens of Archaeoptryx fossils and found trace-metals that have been shown to be ...

What cells and specialized organs make such crypsis ... and octopuses, which contain pigment sacs that become more visible as small radial muscles pull the sac open making the pigment expand ...

Like the other members of the octopus family, though, they use special pigment cells in their skin to change colors and textures, and can blend in with even the most intricately patterned corals ...