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

Florida wildlife officials are investigating after more than 100 vultures died or fell ill at a state park in January.

Researchers testing dead black vultures found bird flu in about four out of five of them, according to a University of ...

More than four out of every five dead black vultures examined by University of Georgia researchers tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a new study published in ...

The city of Kearney in Nebraska is famous for being an annual migratory stop for approximately 500,000 sandhill cranes from ...

Over 100 black vultures were found dead on the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey. The deaths have apparently been occurring since early August, and avian influenza (also ...

Populations of Rüppell’s vultures have fallen by more than 90% over the past four decades. Knowing exactly where these ...

You've heard of a strong stomach? Whatever the context, turkey vultures would always come first. The acid in a vulture's digestive system is strong enough to destroy the DNA of the dead animal it's ...

A section of the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette was closed this weekend after over 100 dead black vultures were discovered in the area, the New Jersey State Park Service announced Saturday. The U.S.

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Four new "vulture restaurants" have opened in ...

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Sometimes as many as a dozen black vultures circle above John Hardin's fields in southern Indiana’s Scott County, poised for when they spot a cold, weak or vulnerable cow. Unlike ...