Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.

Love 'em or not, the vulture bird is an essential part of our ecosystem. Find out why vultures don't sing, how long they live ...

“By any measure, the lead poisoning rates in condors are of epidemic proportions,” first author Myra Finkelstein, a toxicologist at the University of California at Santa Cruz, told Nature. The captive ...

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.