Vermont Citizen ScientistApr 4, 2025
The evolution of chicken feathers: a gene that holds the instructions for bird feathers and dinosaurian scales. https://scitechdaily.com/disrupting-a-feather-gene-recreates-dinosaur-like-patterns-in-chickens/ #evolution #genetics #dinobirds
John ConwayMay 26, 2024

A random artwork from my gallery:

"Velociraptor mongoliensis" — 2019

A reboot of a paiting I originally did in 1997, age 16. I think at the time I considered it my first sucessful oil painting. I have added all the stuff to it that I originally intended to, but chickened-out (painting over skies in oil painting is scary,... [more]:

https://johnconway.art/velociraptor_1997

#Art #Dinobirds #Dinosaurs #FeatheredDinosaurs #Mesozoic #Mongolia #Painting #Palaeo #PalaeoPortraits #Paleo #Theropods

Velociraptor mongoliensis by John Conway

John ConwayMay 1, 2024

A random artwork from my gallery:

"Shuvuuia deserti" — 2013

Shuvuuia deserti was a small maniraptoran theropod from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Its short, strong arm might have been used for digging, perhaps into insect mounds.

https://johnconway.art/shuvuuia-deserti

#Art #Dinobirds #Dinosaurs #FeatheredDinosaurs #Mesozoic #Mongolia #Painting #Palaeo #Paleo #Theropods

Shuvuuia deserti by

John ConwayApr 22, 2024

A random artwork from my gallery:

"Velociraptor mongoliensis" — 2019

A reboot of a paiting I originally did in 1997, age 16. I think at the time I considered it my first sucessful oil painting. I have added all the stuff to it that I originally intended to, but chickened-out (painting over skies in oil painting is scary,... [more]:

https://johnconway.art/velociraptor_1997

#Art #Dinobirds #Dinosaurs #FeatheredDinosaurs #Mesozoic #Mongolia #Painting #Palaeo #PalaeoPortraits #Paleo #Theropods

Velociraptor mongoliensis by John Conway

Vermont Citizen ScientistApr 9, 2024
A series of videos on bird evolution: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE4E3dIjG1piijt4U17i7ak7GQhVY9KWX
#evolution #dinobirds
Dinosaurs to Bird Evolution

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Vermont Citizen ScientistApr 5, 2023
What these fossil egg shells tell us about the evolution of birds. https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/dinosaur-egg-shells-1.6799550 #evolution #dinobirds
These dinosaurs laid eggs like reptiles, sat on nests like birds, study of Alberta fossils suggests | CBC News

Fossilized egg shells found in Alberta from a bird-like dinosaur called the troodon offer new evidence about how dinosaurs lived, bred and evolved into birds, a new study reports.

CBC