Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen ...

Endangered bearded vultures disappeared from the cliffs of southern Spain decades ago. But a peculiar legacy remains, one that offers a glimpse back in time more than 600 years. The massive nests ...

Wayanad's vulture population remains stable despite breeding declines, highlighting the region's healthy ecosystem and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 652 and 696 years old, researchers say.

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt... From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human ...

Growing up in India, environmental economist Anant Sudarshan remembers the vultures. "When I used to go to school, the school bus would cross the river. And you always saw these vultures in vast ...

NEW YORK — A baby vulture at a New York zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.