More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and a new report from scientists ...

A decline in scavengers like vultures, hyenas, and condors is disrupting ecosystems and increasing the risk of disease ...

Learn how falling numbers of vultures, hyenas, and other large-bodied scavengers could cause an uptick in zoonotic diseases.

Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas help limit pathogens that can harm humans by eating carrion, the meat from decaying ...

A turkey vulture’s stomach acid is so powerfully corrosive it can safely digest carcasses infected with deadly diseases like ...

Thanks to significant reintroduction efforts, Europe is one of the few places in the world where vulture populations are ...

Ralph the turkey vulture served as an animal ambassador at the EcoTarium. The turkey vulture is one of two knowns species of ...

Commonly known as the white scavenger vulture or Pharaoh's chicken, the Egyptian vulture is a small Old World vulture in the monotypic genus Neophron. Staff Reporter Updated: Monday, February 17 ...

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 ...