At a sprawling landfill near Madrid, hundreds of white storks dodge garbage trucks as they look for scraps of food among the mountains of multicoloured garbage bags. The long-legged birds have ...

The storks feed on insects, rodents and worms they pull from rubbish, supplementing their diet. But for this traditional symbol of good luck and fertility, danger lurks among the mounting piles of ...

People are flocking to see the hatching of stork chicks after a Spanish city began live-streaming the birds as they nested on the rooftops. There are more than 130 pairs of storks that use the roofs ...

Madrid's landfill sites are a fatal pit stop for some white storks, which nest in the city rather than migrating to Africa. Hundreds of storks are getting hooked on a ‘trash diet’ in Spain, sticking ...

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 ...

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