The bearded vulture was hunted to extinction in Europe due to fears that it was attacking livestock and even children. It had ...

Cliff-rappelling scientists uncovered a crossbow bolt, part of a slingshot and 25 shoes in ancient vulture nesting sites ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. This habit has given researchers in southern Spain a unique boon: “time capsules” of ...

Between 2008 and 2014, scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach a dozen bearded vulture nests and begin analyzing what was ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...

Bearded vultures have been extinct in southern Spain for 70 to 130 years, depending on the specific region. But while the ...

In a hidden valley in the French Alps, conservationists are quietly raising Europe’s largest bird of prey – the bearded ...

Birds that build their nests with natural and artificial materials sometimes hold archaeological surprises for us. Certain ...

Researchers investigating a vulture nest in a cliff cave in southern Spain discovered an unusual piece of footwear — a grass shoe from medieval times. Further investigation of neighboring roosts ...

Archaeologists in Spain discovered medieval artifacts in bearded vulture nests, including a complete 13th-century esparto sandal and thousands of bone fragments.

In the cliffs of southern Spain sit “ancient nests” built by bone-eating vultures but left abandoned since the birds went locally extinct roughly a century ago. The “well-preserved” nests hid many ...

Examining the nests, the researchers said, teaches us "about human customs in the areas inhabited by the bearded vulture." ...