Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza is killing black vultures at alarming rates across the southeastern United States, with a new University of Georgia study finding that more than four out of ...

The Cape vulture, Southern Africa’s only endemic vulture species, has shown positive signs of recovery in some parts of its range, with the overall population stabilizing. In 2021, the species’ ...

Vultures are often vilified simply because of how they look. They are seen as unclean and unnecessary creatures, which has led to mass poisoning in the past. However, most vultures help clean up the ...

From Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis, The Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, to the cackling vultures in Disney’s 1937 version of Snow White, or the villainous Vlad Vladikoff from Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a ...

Over the past year, more than 2,700 vultures were driven out of Derry Township and 64 were killed as part of a growing effort to manage the birds’ increasing population and property damage. The ...

The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture, as its habitat does not extend into the New World or the western hemisphere. This large bird is native to the open plains and ...

A new report has found that conserving vulture populations in Southern Africa could have potentially huge economic value. Many vulture populations in Africa are in sharp decline, the authors highlight ...

Vultures don’t exactly have the best reputation, and people see them as creepy, ominous, and just plain gross. These myths are often created by movies and misconceptions. In reality, these birds are ...