The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture, as its habitat does not extend into the New World or the western hemisphere. This large bird is native to the open plains and ...

Vultures, condors, buzzards: are these all names for the same type of bird? The difference in names between these three has been confusing people for quite some time. Thankfully, the similarities and ...

The reappearance of the white-rumped vulture follows the collapse of the sanctuary's local population after a poisoning ...

Vultures have an image problem. Seen as ugly and associated with death, they are among the least loved animals in the world. Conservationists in Africa are trying to change that. CAPE TOWN, South ...

The Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre, the world’s largest facility for protecting and breeding vultures, is hidden in a dense forest of sal and ash trees outside the town of Pinjore in northern ...

From Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis, The Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, to the cackling vultures in Disney’s 1937 version of Snow White, or the villainous Vlad Vladikoff from Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a ...

Vultures don't exactly have the best reputation, and people see them as creepy, ominous, and just plain gross. These myths are often created by movies and misconceptions. In reality, these birds are ...

Animals such as vultures, crows, hyenas, foxes, jackals, eagles, and others are all scavengers that eat dead animals also known as 'carrion'. This helps prevent the spread of dangerous diseases like ...

Hemanta Dhakal, an ornithologist based in the Nepali town of Pokhara, monitors vultures daily from his rooftop near Nepal’s new international airport, documenting bird movements and aircraft ...

Researchers in Costa Rica found that pig carcasses decomposed twice as fast when vultures had access to them compared to carcasses where vultures were excluded. The absence of vultures led to a ...