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

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

“We never expected to find delicate tissues such as feathers preserved in a volcanic rock.” Using electron microscopes and chemical tests, the researchers analysed samples of the fossil ...

J. W. Gregory in NATURE of February 19, some interest attaches to a specimen of a volcanic rock sent to the Mineral Department of the British Museum for identification in July, 1912, by Dr. C.

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 ...