Although bearded vultures disappeared from southern Spain nearly a century ago, their nests still cling to the cliffs of the ...

Between 2008 and 2014, scientists rappelled down cliffs to reach a dozen bearded vulture nests and begin analyzing what was ...

Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...

Researchers discovered human artifacts including a sandal and painted piece of leather inside a dozen bearded vulture nests ...

Researchers investigating a vulture nest in a cliff cave in southern Spain discovered an unusual piece of footwear — a grass ...

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 ...

Equally remarkable was the discovery of a fragment of ochre-painted sheep leather, confirmed through proteomic analysis, dating back 651 years. A basketry fragment from another nest proved to be from ...

Scientists in Spain have discovered 12 ancient nests once used by the Bearded Vulture — a bone-eating bird that vanished from the region nearly a century ago. The nests, some dating back over 650 ...