Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching vulture called Balthazar reveals a major conservation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen ...

The bearded vulture achieves peak survival by consuming a diet of up to 90% solid bone. It’s surprising that calcified remains offer greater caloric density than fresh meat. The acidic dissolution ...

Many people have probably seen birds picking up small pieces of man-made materials, like strips of a plastic bag or paper litter, and taking them into their nest. This behavior appears to be fairly ...

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, ...

The bearded vulture, a large bird of prey with an unusual diet consisting primarily of bones, has long fascinated ornithologists. But now, a new study has shown why the bone-eating birds could be even ...

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 ...

High above the tree line, where steep cliffs meet a clear blue sky, a unique bird circles patiently with a specific purpose. Below, wolves, lions, and eagles eat their kills, but this bird does not ...