A friend of mine very much dislikes vultures. My efforts have failed to change his mind despite detailing their unique and valuable role in nature. Citing intriguing facts about these remarkable birds ...

Mortalities at poisoned carcasses significantly contribute to the population decline of many vulture species. As vultures employ social strategies and follow each other in their search for food, one ...

Vultures are misunderstood birds that have gotten an unfair reputation. When it comes to vultures, people often associate them with death, dying, and misfortune or perhaps something more predatory in ...

A conservationist carries a vulture that was rescued in Naivasha. [File, Standard] Every first Saturday of September is International Vulture Awareness Day, dedicated to conserving vultures, one of ...

Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but it's fair to assume that vulture looks are an acquired taste. The hook-beaked, scrawny-necked and chunky-bodied birds were immediately described as ...

Every summer and early fall, Mary Larson Bishop begins scanning the skies over her Sierra Foothills home outside Fresno, California. Bishop, who's 85, keeps track of when the big dark-brown birds with ...

Every first Saturday of September is International Vulture Awareness Day, dedicated to conserving vultures, one of the most overlooked and misunderstood creatures in our ecosystems. These remarkable ...