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 are often misunderstood and seen as intimidating or even ‘dirty’ because they feed on dead animals and carcasses. But, did you know these massive birds play an important role in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird in India. The scavenging birds hovered over sprawling landfills, looking for cattle carcasses. Sometimes they would alarm pilots ...

New research shows a trend of vultures avoiding Portugal in favour of Spain, it's reported. Researchers from Portugal and Spain tagged 71 carrion birds for three years, and noticed that only 13 of ...