The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...

The team successfully transformed scales into feathers They did the tests on chicken embryos by stimulating this pathway The saw the formation of unbranched buds resembling early proto-feathers ...

Every year, millions of tons of bird feathers from slaughterhouses are wasted. In the future, we can instead perhaps make use of the protein in the feathers and eat them. Researchers in biotechnology ...