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International Vulture Awareness Day 2025 is 4 weeks away – Join the celebration!
The countdown has officially begun. On Saturday, 6 September 2025, International Vulture ...
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Griffon Vultures return to the Gennargentu mountains as supplementary feeding stations network grows in Sardinia
Griffon vultures have returned to the Gennargentu mountains in Sardinia. Recent sightings ...
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Mass Hooded vulture mortality incidents in The Gambia in July: a devastating trend
In July 2025, The Gambia became the centre of a conservation crisis ...
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The Bearded Vultures of Vercors: A fragile season
The Parc naturel régional du Vercors, one of the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus ...
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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