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Generations of Bearded Vultures Stashed Humans’ Treasures, Including a 650-Year-Old Sandal, in These Bird Nests
Bearded vultures have been extinct in southern Spain for 70 to 130 years, depending on the specific region. But while the ...
Beyond the manufactured relics of our species’ past, archaeologists also catalogued 2,117 bones, 86 hooves, and 43 eggshells.
Over 6 centuries ago that a bearded vulture flew from its hunting grounds into a sheltered cave nesting site and dropped off ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. A small colony of nesting white storks (Ciconia ciconia) on ...
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 ...
Researchers found over 200 cultural artifacts within nests of bearded vultures, with the oldest item to date — a woven sandal ...
DALLAS — Several flocks of lime-green parakeets living in the wild have become a municipal marvel in the wooded neighborhoods near White Rock Lake. "They're so amazing and unexpected," said ...
It’s a sign of spring for the workers at PSE&G. The annual removal of monk parakeet nests from poles throughout the area began last week. Crews started in Edgewater, and by the time their work is done ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — Julie Cook came home from work Wednesday night to find utility crews tearing down a parakeet nest from a pole and taking the birds away to be killed. “I couldn’t not do anything,” ...
Black-capped chickadees, dark-eyed juncos and cardinals congregate around a backyard feeder as birdseed falls to the grass like sprinkles. Suddenly, from the sky comes a flash of vivid green and blue, ...
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