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

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

Hoard of 600-year-old treasures uncovered in vulture nests - Archaeologists examining the nests of bearded vultures recovered an ‘extraordinary’ stash of medieval artefacts ...

Among the 2,483 objects recovered, researchers catalogued 226 human made artifacts including a thirteenth century esparto sandal, a crossbow arrow and a 630 year old piece of decorated leather.

Equally remarkable was the discovery of a fragment of ochre-painted sheep leather, confirmed through proteomic analysis, dating back 651 years. A basketry fragment from another nest proved to be from ...

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

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 ...

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

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Seven centuries in a shoe: the mystery in a bearded vulture's nest. The discovery in the habitat of the bearded vulture, ...

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 ...

A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa during the public viewing event held to raise awareness about the threats faced by bird species in the country due to climate ...