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 ...

Bones and bone marrow account for 85 percent of the bearded vulture’s diet. To break larger bones into bite-sized fragments, the birds will drop them from heights of 164 to almost 500 feet. 11. … ...

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 ...

Europe’s biggest bird, the bearded vulture, has been spotted over the province of Zeeland, broadcaster Omroep Zeeland reports. The bird, which has a wingspan of almost three metres, was seen near ...

The bearded vulture, which has a wingspan of up to three metres, has only been seen in the UK once before (William Bowell/justwildimages.blogspot. com/PA Wire) Your support helps us to tell the ...

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 ...

Only about 400 individual Bearded Vultures and 100 breeding pairs remain in the wild in South Africa and Lesotho. This bird species is particularly vulnerable due to threats posed by poisoning ...

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 ...