A mass poisoning event in South Africa's Lowveld has raised urgent alarms about the future of vultures. Without immediate ...

Falling vulture numbers in the Americas could have serious implications for public health and ecosystems, new research has found. A first-of-its-kind study conducted in Costa Rica has revealed ...

For centuries, hooded vultures in West Africa have lived in close association with people in towns and cities. The vultures’ dependence on scraps thrown out has grown in line with the ...

A Cape vulture is seen in its enclosure at the Vulture Programme at Boekenhoutkloof near Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa. A Cape vulture hovers over a "vulture restaurant" at the Vulture Programme ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — 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 ...

They’re back — the harbingers of death. The sky above me is black with vultures riding the thermals. It’s unnerving. With their keen eyesight, my husband and I joke the vultures are watching ...

They were found in the Olduvai Gorge in East AfricaCredit: CSIC They were discovered in the Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania ... have to compete with hyenas and vultures to access carcasses.

It's not exactly a compliment to be called a vulture. They circle overhead when disaster or death is imminent. They scavenge and scrounge, feeding on things killed by nature or man, feasting on ...