A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can preserve delicate tissue structures in unprecedented detail, offering new insights ...

A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture, buried beneath volcanic ash in Italy, has unveiled an unexpected scientific ...

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The fossilized remains of a newly discovered ancient shark species found in the depths of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave National Park reveal not the sharp, pointy gnashers you’d associate with Hollywood’s ...

Guy Plint is no stranger to tracking prehistoric beasts. Over the past 40 years, the Western Earth Sciences professor emeritus has studied the ...

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"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ash deposits, which is extremely unusual," study lead author Valentina ...

Paleontologist Anthony Romilio looked at three rock slabs bearing footprints. Most of the footprints come from one slab, ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...