BOISE, Idaho — Vultures may not be the prettiest birds, but the role they play in the environment more than makes up for their looks. Saturday marked International Vulture Awareness Day, and the World ...

A comprehensive field study focused on raptors was just launched. Led by the Wildlife Institute of India, the study will tag and track 36 raptors across six separate species, including tawny eagles, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa during the public viewing event held to raise awareness ...

Turkey vultures creep out some people, but others who have worked closely with them say they are personable, intelligent and ...

AWENDAW, S.C. (WCIV) — While many staff members of the Center for Birds of Prey will be busy with their popular Southeastern Wildlife Expo (SEWE) flight demonstrations this weekend, the center's avian ...

Igor the turkey vulture spread dark wings like Dracula's cape as if to greet his audience with a "good evening" in a deep vampire voice. Yet Igor seemed to enjoy the daylight -- and the limelight -- ...

The Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) - also known as Black Vulture, Monk Vulture or Eurasian Black Vulture - is the largest bird of prey in Europe. Globally classified as Near Threatened, its ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Four new "vulture restaurants" have opened in ...

Pity the poor vulture. As a carrion eater, he has suffered from an image problem throughout his existence. His countenance is not particularly attractive, and he is naturally associated with ...

Vultures have a bad rap. In movies and literature, the birds of prey are often harbingers of death and other bad things to come. “Vulture” can also describe a predatory or exploitative person. But ...

Over the past months, I’ve periodically covered the strange extravagance of birds in various dimensions: the fastest birds, the biggest birds and the smallest birds, for instance. Considering the ...