Colour mystery Predicting the colour of fuzzy dinosaurs like T-rex and Sinosauropteryx just got way more complicated, according to a new study. The findings also suggest that those who gained feathers ...

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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 ...

The first birds evolved after the feathers of a group of dinosaurs received a burst of colour, a study shows. Research has found that, as well as giving birds their appearance, the pigment chemicals ...

Asking what color dinosaurs were is like asking what color birds are. The group is huge and diverse, and if you pick a shade, you’re likely to find it somewhere. But despite the resigned belief that ...