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

Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique  — in its colouring. But they disagree about what’s ...

Falcons are found across the globe, on every continent except for Antarctica. There are 39 species of falcon in the […] ...

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

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

A few years ago, advances in analytical approaches to studying fossils prompted researchers to become more interested in the ...

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

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

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

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

I know it is anthropomorphic, and therefore wrong, to think of terns as classier versions of gulls. In the proper scientific sense, class should only be considered in the taxonomic sense. But I have ...

After five years in which almost no chicks survived, more of the shorebirds are fledging since Alabama Audubon and volunteers ...