"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...

Discovered in Rome in 1889, the vulture fossil was found completely intact, with fine detailing on parts of its eyelids and ...

Volcanic deposits in central Italy have remarkably preserved the delicate tissue structures of a fossil vulture, including ...

In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome, farm workers discovered something extraordinary. While ...

This discovery marks the first-ever record of such preservation, representing an entirely new form of soft tissue ...

Learn why similar mineral deposits may represent a treasure trove of fossilized soft tissue.

Credit: Edoardo Terranova Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with such unprecedented levels of detail.

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...

Died 30,000 years ago, discovered 136 years ago and disrupting the field of palaeontology just this week – the surprising ...