Birds come in many vibrant colors, but could their ancestors have been so bright?
Scientists now know what colors some dinosaurs were–thanks to melanosomes that contain pigments found in some dinosaur fossils. Turns out that Sinosauropteryx, a small carnivore, had a tail with red and white stripes, and Anchiornis Huxleyi had grey and black feathers, white stripes on its wings and legs, and a red crest on its head.Continue Reading …
