Their finding upends conventional wisdom on the subject, which held that for early human ancestors, the risks of eating ...

For centuries, the vultures had been picking up the lost, discarded, and forgotten remnants of human activity from the mountain slopes and carrying them home. These items were likely used to soften ...

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

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

Scientists in Spain analyzed the abandoned “ancient nests” of bone-eating vultures and found centuries-old artifacts, photos show. Photo from Sergio Couto via Margalida, Couto, Pinedo, Gil-Sánchez, ...

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

When you go investigating for one discovery and much more is found, it really can feel like valuable treasure.

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

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 ...