The origin of a giant vulture seen flying over the UK has been discovered after scientists analysed its feathers. The bearded vulture, named Vigo, was spotted recently in the skies above ...

Stuart Butler on why he's charmed by the rugged diversity of the Pyrenees – and the best places to explore there.

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Its reputation as a "child eater" and its imposing size almost became the bearded vulture's undoing. Thanks to a nature ...

Birdwatchers have flocked to the moors to see the bearded vulture, which has only been seen once before in the UK, the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust said. But the trust's Tim Birch said it "couldn't ...

Thus, in the 1970s, biologists from the Frankfurt Zoological Society and elsewhere decided to try to reestablish a bearded vulture population in the Alps by introducing captive-bred birds into the ...

Some, like the lappet, are found predominantly in protected areas (which are themselves threatened), and other regional populations of the Egyptian and bearded vulture are nearly extinct.

Another black vulture, a young male of approximately one year old, was brought to the Moscow Zoo from Alma-Ata.

Often referred to as the most dangerous bird in the world, this bird can strike with deadly precision, using its razor-sharp ...

British listing, the Hastings Rarities, vis-mig ID skills and Irish Great Spotted Woodpeckers all feature in the November ...

The new Lammergeier parts are named after the bearded vulture, and that in turns seems to affect how the new quad legs are animated in flight. For hover mode, they partly combine at the front ...

THE Mallophaga, ectoparasites of birds and mammals, are distinguished within the order Phthiraptera (containing also the Anoplura and Hæmatomyzus) chiefly by their relatively unspecialized mouth ...