Migrating birds are now returning to Wahkiakum County, including turkey vultures. This homage is for them Wonderful ...

Despite the common perception that vultures have no value, they actually provide a vital ecosystem service as scavengers by cleaning the environment of carrion. Carcasses not scavenged by vultures ...

black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above. Vultures not only consume dead animals that might ...

Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.

Images of the blood-splattered bills of endangered vultures tend to evoke less sympathy, but a new study provides a reason to ...

Unlike mammal scavengers, vultures do not also hunt. They only feed on carrion – and in a country with more than 500 million livestock, they perform a crucial duty of removing disease-ridden ...

A vulture culture began to roost on campus and around the state with the advent of a new program started by the University of ...