MEQUON - As I climbed the stairs inside the 125-year-old silo, it was clear I wasn't alone. Occupants in the vertical structure heard my footfalls and sounded their alarms. The first I encountered was ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen collector of human ephemera. This habit has given researchers in ...

An “extraordinary” stash of 600-year-old treasures has been discovered inside several vulture nests in Spain. Archaeologists examining the nests of the bearded vultures in the southern Spanish ...

A pair of wild black vultures hatched this spring at the Center for Birds of Prey on the South Carolina coast, and you can follow along as they grow up with a new live stream from their nest. “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, ...

A helicopter survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, found the region’s first sighting of a critically endangered species, photos show. Photo from Wildlife ACT Watching out the windows of a helicopter ...

Watching out the windows of a helicopter in South Africa, a team of conservationists scanned the treetops for signs of life. One bird nest caught their attention — and for good reason. It turned out ...