Feathers and other intact soft tissue samples found in some of the fossils even helped prove that modern birds almost ...

This week, uncover the secrets of Pompeii through ancient DNA, meet an adventurous emperor penguin, seek signs of mysterious ...

Vesuvius eruption that literally froze Pompeii in stone. But the cause of those dinos' demise was likely much more mundane - ...

the scientists argue that the fossils lack the distinctive signs of a Pompeii-style death. If the Yixian animals had been buried by pyroclastic flows, their feathers, fur, and other tissues would ...

Pompeii quickly became covered in at least six metres of ash and debris. Around 2,000 people died but this unique eruption perfectly preserved each person, home, and animal for thousands of years ...

While the Greeks, Etruscans and Samnites attempted to conquer it, Pompeii became a Roman colony, the study authors noted. But ...

Vesuvius eruption that literally froze Pompeii in stone. But the cause of those dinos’ demise was likely much more mundane — collapsing animal burrows, according to a study in the Proceedings of the ...

Archaeologists in Pompeii unearthed a rare tiny home while ... which primarily included illustrations of plants and animals such as a bird of prey and two snakes facing each other.