POPULATIONS of the the iconic stork - the much-loved wild bird native to north and central Spain - are being devastated by a ...
Hundreds of white storks dodge garbage trucks as they look for scraps of food among the mountains of multicoloured garbage bags at a sprawling landfill near Madrid. The long-legged birds have ...
Spain detected bird flu outbreaks among wild birds in the Madrid region after hundreds of dead storks were found.
The long-legged birds have traditionally flown from across Europe to African pastures for the winter and returned in the spring. But the abundant food found in landfills combined with warmer weather ...
Storks undertake long, arduous migrations every winter, meaning only the fittest can survive. This means resources are often best shared among those who benefit the most from them. High in the ...
Instead of migrating to Africa, storks are spending their winters feeding at landfills in Spain and Portugal. Storks across Europe are staying put due to availability of food waste at dumps - which ...
They might not win any avian beauty contests, but Wood Storks (Mycteria americana) do have a certain homely charm. They’re stocky wading birds standing over 3 feet tall, with 5-foot wingspans. They ...