The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...

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 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 ...

It is unique among our vultures in that it finds carrion by smell as well as by sight. When threatened, it defends itself by vomiting powerful stomach acids. Polytypic (4 ssp.). Length 27 ...

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 ...

Images of the blood-splattered bills of endangered vultures tend to evoke less sympathy, but a new study provides a reason to be concerned for their survival. The near-extinction of Indian vultures in ...

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

Dogs, cats, rodents (mice and rats), coyotes, opossums, raccoons, skunks, and birds (crows, ravens, and vultures) have commonly been reported feeding on carrion (Figure 4). Unlike other ...

A vulture culture began to roost on campus and around the state with the advent of a new program started by the University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates and UW Biodiversity Institute last year.