Some twenty years ago vultures were close to extinction in much of Europe. Since then, the birds have been successfully reintroduced in parts of Germany, Spain and France. They may be back ...

A bearded vulture chick hatched in Helsinki Zoo marks the fifth consecutive successful breeding by the parent pair, ...

A few weeks ago, along a ridge somewhere north of the South African city of Pretoria, Sacha Dench returned to the skies once more. The Dartmoor-based conservationist, nicknamed the “Human Swan” for ...

This year, they are hoping to send several Egyptian vultures to Bulgaria to help bolster the European population of the endangered bird. Bloch, 52, says that Dench’s aim of transforming vulture ...

Despite many resemblances, the New World vultures of North and South America aren’t closely related to the Old World species of Europe, Asia and Africa. Some folks refer to them as buzzards ...

The purpose of the vulture's 'beard' has been a long-standing mystery, but new photographic analysis suggests a potential sensory function.

The problem with the bearded vulture project is not the size of the wild population; rather, it is the size of the captive population. At least that's what a team of European conservation ...

Only the most resourceful vultures are able to locate them. Lammergeiers are found throughout mountainous habitats in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They can be spotted perching on cliffs or soaring at ...

With only 37 vultures remaining, Cyprus has the smallest vulture population in Europe, six of which were killed by electrocution in 2024 alone. After (deliberate) poisonings, electrocutions and ...

A killing spree in the heart of Egypt—where Europe’s hunters exploit poor law enforcement to slaughter protected birds. Unraveling the tangled web of illegal bird hunting - a world where beauty and ...