A mass poisoning incident early in May in the Mahlangeni section of the park left more than 120 vultures dead and reignited concerns over escalating threats to biodiversity, public health and the ...

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

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

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

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

Learn more about some recent rare animal encounters from around the world: Off the coast of Veracruz, Mexico, fishermen ...

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

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

More than one-third of species that eat some amount of carrion are threatened or declining, a new analysis finds, and that ...

Scavengers often get a bad rap — hyena giggles are nefarious, crows gather in “murders” and the naked necks of vultures speak for themselves. But the bodies of the dead don’t just disappear.

A vulture, apparently comfortable being around people, crosses Main Street in Alton this week to get to the other side of the road where it spied a dead animal. Why did the vulture cross the road.

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 ...