The bearded vulture, or lammergeier, is one intense bird. It lives on a steady diet of bones and dyes its feathers blood red, giving it the reputation of one of the most metal birds in the animal ...

Rare bearded vulture leaves UK for France after summer soaring over Peak District Fewer than 20 vagrant bearded vultures have roamed into northwest Europe in the past 35 years, says RSPB ...

A “magnificent” bearded vulture, one of the world’s largest birds of prey, has been spotted in the UK for only the second time in recorded history. The distinctive scavenger was pictured by ...

Most vultures' looks may be off-putting, but bearded vultures, also known as lammergeiers, are brightly colored, making them a lot more attractive to the eye.

Vultures are natures clean-up crew, swiftly flying in to rid our nations highways of roadkill—among other acts that help the environment.

The last bearded vultures in South Africa’s Drakensberg mountains are imperiled by unintended poisoning by farmers and traditional healers who believe that consuming parts of the birds brings ...

Half a century after its extinction, Bulgaria celebrated the reintroduction of one of Europe’s rarest birds of prey — the Bearded Vulture. This is seen as a stepping stone to reconnecting them ...

Bearded vultures were hunted to extinction in the Alps in the 20th century. Photograph: Hansruedi Weyrich Here Mazet prepares food for the seven vultures housed in the centre’s massive aviary.

* Nine vultures occur in Southern Africa – The bearded vulture, palm-nut vulture, Egyptian vulture, hooded vulture, white-headed vulture, lappet-faced vulture, white-backed vulture.

Among the fastest-declining birds in the world, African vultures battle many of the problems commonly plaguing wildlife today, such as habitat loss, hunting, and poisoning, but they also face a ...

The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), or lammergeier, is rarely seen in the Netherlands. Its European habitat is in the Alps and the Pyrenees where it was successfully reintroduced some forty years ...