An illustration of a reconstruction of the iridescent dinosaur which had rainbow feathers, named Caihong juji, unearthed in China, is shown in this October 31, 2016 photo released on January 15, 2018.

Regular readers know how much I love a) clouds, and 2) optical phenomena in the sky, so I can say with complete honesty that this is by far the coolest pileus cloud with iridescence you’ll see all day ...

For squid looking to sparkle, extra bling is only seconds away, thanks to a nerve network in the skin that allows these cephalopods to alter their iridescence — the first invertebrate creatures found ...

Scientists have announced the discovery of a crow-sized, bird-like dinosaur with colourful feathers from north-eastern China that lived 161 million years ago during the Jurassic period. Caihong was a ...

A team of Chinese, American and Belgian scientists have unearthed a 161-million-year-old dinosaur fossil showing that the animal may have had vibrant, iridescent plumage like that of peacocks and ...

Scientists discovered a dinosaur fossil with feathers so well-preserved that they were able to see the feathers' microscopic color-bearing structures. By comparing the shapes of those feather ...

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 ...

There's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There's an iridescent dinosaur. Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a crow-sized, bird-like dinosaur with colourful feathers from ...

There's not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. There's an iridescent dinosaur. Scientists on Monday announced the discovery of a crow-sized, bird-like dinosaur with colourful feathers from ...