A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey. It is unique among our vultures in that it finds carrion by smell as well as by sight. When threatened ...

The LA Zoo will open a Cape vulture exhibit Friday, offering residents and visitors a glimpse of the birds native to Africa, officials announced Tuesday. Cape vultures, named for their South African ...

It was a Himalayan griffon (Gyps himalayensis), a migratory vulture usually spotted soaring high up in the sky. The majestic raptor then landed on the rooftop of a nearby HDB block. Upon ...

Like many other species of vulture, these birds feed on the remains ... pooping on their legs also works as an antiseptic wash after standing on carcasses. These scavengers find food using their ...

Thus, in the 1970s, biologists from the Frankfurt Zoological Society and elsewhere decided to try to reestablish a bearded vulture population in the Alps by introducing captive-bred birds into the ...