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 ...

led by University College Cork (UCC) research, has shown that volcanic rock can preserve tiny elements of animal tissue. In studying the ancient vulture, first discovered by a farmer in 1889 near ...

An international team, led by Dr Valentina Rossi (University College Cork, Ireland), discovered a new mode of preservation of soft tissues that can occur when animals are buried in ash-rich ...