They are also highly efficient. "A group of vultures can polish off a cow's carrion in 40 minutes." But in 1994, farmers began giving their livestock a painkiller called diclofenac. When they ...

Vultures and other scavenging birds, says Darcy Ogada, assistant director of Africa programs at the Peregrine Fund, “are the most threatened avian functional group in the world.” On a sunny ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Vultures in the Indian subcontinent dropped from a thriving population in the millions to a mere ...

Then he saw the rubber seals torn from his sunroof and dangling from his windows. When Gelber saw a couple of black vultures lurking nearby, he thought he was looking at the likely perpetrators. “It ...

What is the white-backed vulture? The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable by its dark-brown face, long, white neck, and of ...

A group of vultures feeding is called a wake (which you'll read more about in a moment). And, of course, a pair of artists pulling together is a collaboration. Through the creative labor shared by ...