Immaculate Feather Fossil Reveals the Unlikely Preserving Power of Volcanoes
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by volcanic rock.
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Ancient Vulture Feather Preserved in Volcanic Ash Is a Fossil First
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a "two-for-the-price-of one" discovery: the fossil itself, and the first ...
Nobody knows why this snowy owl is orange
Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique  — in its colouring. But they disagree about what’s ...
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30,000-year-old vulture fossil with intact feathers created by volcanic eruptions
A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture from Italy has provided scientists with an unprecedented glimpse into how volcanic rock ...
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Researchers Use A.I. to Find an Elusive and ‘Odd’ Australian Bird. It Hadn’t Been Recorded in the Area Since 1989
Once abundant throughout southeastern Australia, the critically endangered plains-wanderer is now on the brink of extinction ...
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People of a Feather examines a unique Inuit culture
As it happens, Heath's main subject is a rather unsexy animal: the eider duck, producer of the warmest down feathers on Earth. But it also turns out to be a remarkable creature, as we see in ...