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

Turkey Vultures perch on a tree Thursday in Haddam, Conn. The Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas and is known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard.

A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa during the public viewing event held to raise awareness about the threats faced by bird species in the country due to climate ...

High above fields, highways and suburbs, dark wings often trace slow circles over the same patch of ground, a sight that has long signaled trouble to anyone watching from below. Those spiraling birds ...

Scientists in Spain analyzed the abandoned “ancient nests” of bone-eating vultures and found centuries-old artifacts, photos show. Photo from Sergio Couto via Margalida, Couto, Pinedo, Gil-Sánchez, ...