Raptors returning to Dadia after devastating fire

Positive signs first emerged in April when experts found that the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus), also known as the Eurasian black vulture, a rare but emblematic species of the Dadia Forest in northeastern Greece, had not abandoned the area after what European Union officials described as the largest fire recorded in the EU up to 2023.

The bird remained in the burned zones, nesting in trees that managed to escape the flames or in others that had burned but remained standing and had artificial nests placed atop them by the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency.

The black vulture remained in the burned zones, nesting in trees that managed to escape the flames or in others that had burned but had artificial nests placed atop them by the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency

At the same time, scientists who have...