By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas do an important job in protecting human health. But studies show these creatures ...

On a May morning in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourist town in the lap of the world-famous Annapurna range, 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal ...

Nature’s least loved animals are dying fast. This could make the environment stinky and pathogens unstoppable.

Most folks don’t pay much attention to turkey vultures as they soar high in the sky; they only give us a closer glimpse of ...

Vultures are the world’s forgotten environmental disaster. Lions, elephants, and rhinos are in serious trouble—but vultures are arguably in more. In South Africa, for example, six of eight ...

A recent report estimated that vultures are worth $1.8 billion a year to certain ecosystems in southern Africa. Here's why.

Tens of thousands of turkey vultures glide over the Detroit River, offering citizen scientists a surprising highlight of hawk ...

A recent study shows that top scavengers, like hyenas, can be beneficial for human health. But the same study reveals that scavenger populations are declining and could mean more disease for humans.

South African park rangers and a local wildlife organisation rescued more than 80 vultures from a mass poisoning in the country's Kruger National Park this week, though they were unable to save ...