Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

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

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this ...

More than six centuries ago, a resident of southern Spain either took off or lost a rough sandal woven from grasses and twigs ...

They’re culture vultures. 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 ...

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.

Scientists say centuries of human life have been preserved inside bearded vulture nests in Spain, finding hundreds of human ...

Beyond the manufactured relics of our species’ past, archaeologists also catalogued 2,117 bones, 86 hooves, and 43 eggshells.

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 ...