Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen ...

Endangered bearded vultures disappeared from the cliffs of southern Spain decades ago. But a peculiar legacy remains, one that offers a glimpse back in time more than 600 years. The massive nests ...

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt... From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human ...

Growing up in India, environmental economist Anant Sudarshan remembers the vultures. "When I used to go to school, the school bus would cross the river. And you always saw these vultures in vast ...

Wayanad's vulture population remains stable despite breeding declines, highlighting the region's healthy ecosystem and ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

NEW YORK — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.

A king vulture chick is being hand-raised by a puppet at a New York City zoo. On February 25, the Bronx Zoo welcomed its first king vulture chick since the 1990s, according to a press release from the ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen collector of human ephemera. This habit has given researchers in ...