A surprising discovery in the feathers of a fossil vulture from central Italy has revealed that volcanic deposits can ...

This discovery marks the first-ever record of such preservation, representing an entirely new form of soft tissue ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.

The Doom of the Alban Hills’ a digital painting representing a possible scenario of the moments before the vulture carcass was entombed in the pyroclastic current.

In 1889 in the foothills of Mount Tuscolo, 25km south-east of Rome, farm workers discovered something extraordinary. While ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...

A UCC-based scientist has led an international team to have made a breakthrough discovery in the preservation of fossils.

Researchers now believe a cloud of hot ash engulfed the area first, before a current of hot gas and rocks, called pyroclastic flow, buried the city. Glass is rarely formed naturally because it ...

However, the pyroclastic flows, composed of fast-moving volcanic material and toxic gas, that charged out of Vesuvius and buried Herculaneum could not have caused the brain tissues of this young man ...

The brain, transformed into glass-like fragments due to extreme heat and rapid cooling, offers new insights into pyroclastic flow effects and tissue preservation. Agencies Scientists have uncovered a ...

The temperatures of the pyroclastic current, while boiling, did not top 465°C and would have cooled down over a longer period of time, researchers wrote. Instead, they believe that the ...