It has been reported on several occasions that the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus, after at least 70 years since the last breeding record in the Madonie, nested in 2026 and that a chick was born which is now almost ready…
In 2026, the Fondazione Internazionale Biodiversità del Mediterraneo, in collaboration with the Stazione Ornitologica of Palermo, carried out a study on the trend of spring migration as part of ISPRA’s “Piccole Isole Project.” In this particular case, given the length…
The Mediterranean International Foundation for Biodiversity is carrying out an ambitious and demanding project: a census of the Egyptian vulture pairs still present in Sicily. It is an arduous undertaking, made difficult by this small vulture’s natural habit of nesting…
In 2025, after nearly 50 years of absence, the Egyptian Vulture (Capovaccaio), a small trans-Saharan migratory vulture, returned to nest in the Madonie, raising a young bird that fledged and migrated to Africa with its parents. In 2026 the adult…
The Madonie Park Authority (Ente Parco delle Madonie) has also highlighted the news we recently announced: the first Griffon Vulture chick born in the Madonie, the result of the first nesting of a pair of Griffon Vultures in the area…
The Griffon Vulture reintroduction project carried out by the International Foundation for Mediterranean Biodiversity in the Madonie has achieved a major success. After roughly 80 years, this large vulture has returned to nest in the Madonie Park. The pair almost…
Some footage of the Griffon Vultures of the Madonie at one of the feeding stations; at one point, five adults can be observed together — a particularly interesting detail, since the reintroduction in the Madonie with Spanish individuals began in…
Extract from the documentary“Ustum” by Stefano CocoProduction by Riccio Blu and the Ustica Island Marine Protected AreaTechnical and scientific supervision by the Ustica Island Study and Documentation Center (ETS)
As part of this project, the Foundation, in collaboration with the Ornithological Station, has organised the bird ringing camp on Ustica, which this year reaches its twenty-eighth edition. The project involves a month of ringing activities in the same area…
On April 17 and 18, 2026, at the Officine Bellotti hall (via Gagini, 31 – Palermo), the Fondazione Internazionale Biodiversità del Mediterraneo will host the conference “Extinctions and Rewilding”, an event dedicated to exploring the core themes of its mission:…