A decades-long scientific debate is finally resolved, thanks to a naked lizard. Scientists have uncovered the link between the hair of mammals, the feathers of birds and the scales of reptiles. And ...

Hair, scales and feathers arose from one ancestral structure, a new study finds. Studies in fetal Nile crocodiles, bearded dragon lizards and corn snakes appear to have settled a long-standing debate ...

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