Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

More vultures will likely join the banquet. They can strip a carcass clean in minutes. Blood drips from a Rüppell’s vulture’s beak as it pauses mid-meal. The neck and head of Rüppell’s are ...

Once a vulture detects a carcass, it signals other vultures by wheeling in the sky. It can only eat animals that have soft tissue, as its beak is unable to rip through tough skin. Upon finding ...

If necessary, move the carcass somewhere where it will be difficult for scavengers to access until we can pick it up. While it’s clear that black vultures kill some livestock, the frequency at which ...

27 vultures were spotted in Cambodia’s Eastern Plains landscape during WWF’s recent ‘vulture restaurant’ effort. The feeding stations are a valuable research and conservation tool and involve ...

Bird flu is spreading among Central Texas wild birds as migration brings more and more birds here for the winter.

The worst-hit species, the white-rumped vulture, "declined by a dreadful 99.9%" between 1992 and 2007", said Bird Guides. Cattle bodies piled up around tanneries and fields "became carcass dumps ...

The rocky areas of high altitude in Madhya Pradesh will play host from Monday to an avian census like no other -- a roll call ...

When they gather as a committee when resting, a kettle when flying or, somewhat disturbingly, a wake when feeding on a carcass, vultures can be a bit unnerving. Just ask residents in one small ...