Centuries-old vulture nests hidden in Spanish cliffs have preserved a stunning archaeological secret. Layers of ancient ...

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

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

Researchers discovered human artifacts including a sandal and painted piece of leather inside a dozen bearded vulture nests in Spain.

Scientists in Spain have discovered 12 ancient nests once used by the Bearded Vulture — a bone-eating bird that vanished from the region nearly a century ago. The nests, some dating back over 650 ...

A 700-year-old sandal and several other hand-crafted cultural artifacts were found in the breeding nest of a bone-eating ...

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

Researchers have uncovered more than 200 human-made artifacts from the nests of bearded vultures in southern Spain, including a 650-year-old sandal made of woven grass. Depending on the specific area, ...

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 ...

11 in the journal Ecology, Margalida and colleagues detailed their study of 12 well-preserved nests of the bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), a species that became locally extinct in southern Spain ...