A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived

September 10, 2026 · 3:00 pm 2 sources

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• A fossil feather from the age of dinosaurs may explain why only some birds survived
  NPR · September 10, 2026 18:07
  An extremely well preserved fossil feather could reveal why some birds survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid, and others did not.

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• A fossil feather preserved inside dinosaur poop could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction
  Phys.org · September 10, 2026 15:00
  About 66 million years ago, a dinosaur—maybe a T. rex or a Nanotyrannus—ate a bird. The record of that meal, in the form of fossilized poop, has survived to today, preserving the best example of a feather ever found from the age of dinosaurs. By studying this feather, scientists reported in a new…