A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a "two-for-the-price-of one" discovery: the fossil itself, and the first ...

Fossilized vulture feathers that were stunningly preserved in volcanic ash were a mystery until now. Comments ( 0 ) When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Most folks don’t pay much attention to turkey vultures as they soar high in the sky; they only give us a closer glimpse of ...

Laurie Rott took these photos of a group of adult turkey vultures she spotted in a neighbor’s oak tree in Golden Hills, when ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can preserve microscopic details in feathers—the first ever record of such a ...

The feather belonged to a vulture that lived in Italy some 30,000 years ago. The animal’s entire body was preserved in three dimensions, from the bird’s eyelids to the tips of its wings.

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. The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus ...