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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vultures play a crucial role in maintaining healthy ecosystems by efficiently disposing of animal carcasses (ALAMY) A devastating ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vultures can projectile vomit up to 10 feet to escape predators. Vultures have stomach acid with a pH between zero and one.

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, ...

More than 500 endangered vultures died of poisoning after eating the carcasses of three elephants killed by poachers in Botswana, the government said in a statement. Most of the birds that died were ...

A devastating incident in South Africa's Kruger National Park has left at least 123 vultures dead after they ate a poisoned elephant carcass. Poachers are suspected of lacing the elephant with ...