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Female Bearded Vulture perching on a wooden pole in her artificial enclosure

Goodbye BG107, a beloved member of the Bearded Vultures Captive Breeding Network 

The Bearded Vultures Captive Breeding Network (EEP), the Richard Faust Zentrum, and ...
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Croatia adopts a 10-year management plan to safeguard Griffon Vultures 

On 25 August 2025, Croatia formally adopted a Griffon Vulture Management Plan ...
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Some items discovered in different ancient Bearded Vulture nests. (A) Hooves typical of ungulate limb remains. (B) Diverse mammal and bird bones and teeth found in the same nest, some partially digested. (C) The remains of Bearded Vulture eggshells, with the typical orange coloration due to the iron oxide applied by the adult birds to their breast feathers. (D) Several goat horns found in the same ancient nest. (E) Typical solid Bearded Vulture droppings accumulated in their ancient nests. Photographs: Sergio Couto.

Bearded vultures: your unusual (natural) history custodians 

Bones, wool… but also footwear, pieces of basketry, leather, even a crossbow ...
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Griffon Vultures boost nature and economy on Croatia’s Kvarner Islands  

The Griffon Vultures population on the Kvarner Islands in Croatia provides invaluable ...
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Lead, a Borderless Poison: International Symposium on the Effects of Hunting Lead Ammunition on Wild Birds, Environment, and Human Health 

On October 17 and 18, international experts will address the effects of ...
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A world of threats and how to mitigate them 

Vultures face multiple threats worldwide that have put many species at risk ...
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Cinereous, Egyptian and Griffon Vultures © Bruno Berthemy

Discover Vulture News: The voice of global Vulture Conservation & Research 

If you’re passionate about vultures and their conservation, Vulture News is a ...
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Vulture crisis in The Gambia: two suspects arrested but the killing continues  

Two more Hooded Vultures mass killing incidents shook The Gambia at the ...
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Griffon Vulture in Sardinia feeding_LIFE Safe for Vultures

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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Dead Hooded vultures

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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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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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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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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dead Rüppell’s vulture laying on the ground

Grifo-de-Rüppell encontrado morto no Alentejo 

A Rüppell’s vulture (Gyps rueppelli) was recently found dead near Beja, in ...
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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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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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