Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...

A “committee” of Cape vultures is swooping into the Los Angeles Zoo to make its home in an exhibit that seeks to mirror the ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Vultures in the Indian subcontinent dropped from a thriving population in the millions to a mere ...

1. The bald neck and bare heads of vultures keep their feathers from sticking to blood while eating corpses. 2. During hot days, vultures engage in a process called urohydrosis. They urinate on their ...

Bearded vultures had been brought back from the brink of extinction through a project involving 120 captive vultures. Is this a success? The bottleneck effect may be a lingering threat for them.

I n a recent lighthearted analysis, analysts at Kotak Institutional Equities categorised stock market investors into four main groups - frog, pig, vulture, and an ape. Describing the Indian stock ...

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's skin and eyes. Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an ...

Vultures, often referred to as nature’s sanitation workers, play a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem health by swiftly removing dead animals that might otherwise spread harmful diseases.