Bearded vultures sport striking orange plumage, but their feathers start out completely white. These birds take deliberate ...

Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The population of bearded vultures is so small that even a single bird is vital. One such individual was discovered last October, ...

What hides in a bearded vulture nest abandoned hundreds of years ago? This was the question posed by Sergio Couto of the University of Granada’s Cultural Archaeology Laboratory (MEMOLab). He began ...

The black kites that swarm over Switzerland's Lake Geneva are a dime a dozen. Sadly, the same can’t be said for a fellow raptor on the other side of the country that has come close to the brink of ...

Vultures are often associated with death, but some vulture species are themselves at risk of extinction. What can their fate tell us about the interaction between humans and the natural world in our ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...