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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 ...

A 700-year-old sandal and several other hand-crafted cultural artifacts were found in the breeding nest of a bone-eating vulture in Spain, according to a newly published paper. The medieval footwear ...

Scientists discovered a 675-year-old shoe perfectly preserved in a vulture's nest in Spain. Researchers say a lot can be learned about human history and ecology from studying bearded vulture nests.

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 ...

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 727 and 771 years old, ...