Feathers: 200 Million Years In Just Over 3 Minutes
Carl Zimmer
THE LOOM: 13 hours ago

Last year I wrote in National Geographic about the long, remarkable history of feathers. The folks at TED-Ed (the educational wing of TED) invited me to boil down that history to about three minutes--accompanied by a splendid animation by Armeilia Leung. Here's what we came up with.

For more information, you can visit the video's page at TED-Ed.