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A wild-hatched Bearded Vulture fledged in Corsica for the first time in four years

For the first time in four years, a Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) ...
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two men holding a kennel with a cinereous vultures inside, walking in the woods

Cinereous vulture rescued in Serbia thanks to regional and international collaboration

Vultures know no borders, and conservation efforts should follow the same route. ...
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The adventures of the Bearded Vulture “Oeil Rouge”

Meet Oeil Rouge, the bold young Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) with a ...
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More than scavengers: how vultures influenced cultures and religions 

Long before science highlighted vultures ecological importance, cultures around the world had ...
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Cinereous, Egyptian and Griffon Vultures © Bruno Berthemy

Vultures play an important role in nature… and in the economy! 

By 2048, vultures could contribute more than 18 million euros to the ...
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Behind the scenes of GPS tracking in vultures conservation 

One instrument to monitor vultures’ movements, behaviour and overall condition: the GPS ...
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A froup of people holding a banner with a Bearded vulture printed on. Two people hold one young bearded vulture each. Mountains in the background

First flight for Hades and Hera: two young Bearded Vultures released in Maestrazgo this year 

2025 marks the eighth year of consecutive  Bearded Vultures releases in Maestrazgo, ...
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Vinzenz, a Bearded Vulture released in Germany on 29 May flying around his new habitat © Markus Leitner LBV

First wild-hatched Bearded Vulture takes flight in Cantabria after a century 

For the first time in over a century, a Bearded Vulture hatched ...
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Egyptian vulture in flight

Egyptian Vulture pair chooses Sardinia to nest once again 

Italy’s rarest raptor nests on Capo Caccia (Sardinia) cliffs for the 7th ...
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Four Bearded Vulture females released in 2024 are spreading their wings across Europe 

Over the past few months, the young Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) ladies reintroduced ...
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Saving Cinereous Vulture Dryan – A 10,000 km journey ends in a successful rescue 

Young, fearless adventurers like Dryan are making sure vulture conservation is anything ...
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dead Rüppell’s vulture laying on the ground

Rüppell’s Vulture found dead in Southern Portugal 

A Rüppell’s vulture (Gyps rueppelli) was recently found dead near Beja, in ...
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Ubac takes off and Univers settles into his new home in Grands Causses

Over three weeks have passed since Univers, a young Bearded Vulture (Gypeatus ...
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Bearded Vulture “Vinzenz” returns to the German Alps after being rescued

After an extraordinary northern adventure, young Bearded Vulture (Gypeatus Barbatus) Vinzenz has ...
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Esperanza, the first wild-hatched Bearded Vulture from the Andalusian reintroduction project, is raising her first chick

Once upon a time—well, ten years ago—high in the cliffs of Andalusia, ...
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First flight of Cinereous Vulture Kutelka in Bulgaria © Green Balkans

Farewell, Kutelka: the Cinereous Vulture that kept conservationists always on their toes 

On June 2, Kutelka, one of Bulgaria’s most iconic Cinereous Vultures, was ...
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Cinereous vulture chick in the Douro Internacional colony. © Palombar

It’s Cinereous Vulture tagging time! 

GPS/GSM tagging provides essential information for the conservation of the species.  In ...
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An unknown Bearded Vulture that visited the Melchsee-Frutt release site in the Swiss Alps in 2023 turned out to be Flysch-Vigo following genetic analysis © Franziska Lörcher / VCF

Over 100 Bearded Vultures pairs in the Alps: a true conservation success 

This year we celebrate over one hundred Bearded Vultures breeding pairs in ...
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Cinereous Vulture in the nest on a tree with its chick

New breeding record for Cinereous Vultures in Bulgaria following reintroduction efforts 

In a promising turn for wildlife conservation, eight Cinereous Vulture chicks were ...
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Young Bearded Vulture perching on a tree branch

The adventures of Vinzenz: A young Bearded Vulture’s Grand Tour from the Alps to the Netherlands  

In a spectacular journey covering more than 1,600 kilometers, Vinzenz, a one-year-old ...
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