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 ...

Valentina Rossi first saw the 30,000-year-old griffon vulture as a master’s student in Rome in 2014. The fossil, which had ...

New research published in the scientific journal Geology reveals that the feathers of a 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture found in central Italy are preserved in a mineral phase called zeolite ...

And the preservation is so detailed that even the eyelids and wing feathers of the vulture have left a 3D impression in the rock, and microscopic feather pigment structures are present.

Most vultures' looks may be off-putting, but bearded vultures ... effectively covering their feathers in iron oxide. They are the only birds known to color themselves on purpose, and it is ...

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 ...

Bearded vultures had been brought back from the brink of extinction through a project involving 120 captive vultures. Is this a success? The bottleneck effect may be a lingering threat for them.

Valentina Rossi received funding from The Palaeontological Association (UK) and The Paleontological Society (USA). She is currently receiving funding from the European Research Council (H2020-ERC ...

The Bearded Vulture is a unique bird that specialises in eating bone marrow by breaking bones and swallowing them whole ...

They may be back, but vultures still face many dangers. With a wingspan of up to three meters, the bearded vulture is one of the largest birds of prey in Europe. In Germany, the species had been ...

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