JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African park rangers and a local wildlife organisation rescued more than 80 vultures from a mass poisoning in the country's Kruger National Park this week, though they ...

Turkey vultures never seem to hurry. They glide silently above us, drawing circles in the air, calligraphers with quill pens. They tip and turn up there in the wind, rarely flapping those long willowy ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Lappet-faced vultures are the largest vulture species in Africa. Their strong beaks and claws tear easily through the tough hide, tendon and ...

Morning is often about watching wildlife here on Mt. Hoo. It’s more unusual when the wildlife is watching me. Looking out the kitchen window while waiting for coffee to brew, there was a huge turkey ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) — The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) is asking people in Southwest Virginia to report any cases of suspected avian flu after it received reports of dead ...

Efforts to save the griffon vulture population in Cyprus have delivered fragile yet tangible results after three years of intensified conservation work, BirdLife Cyprus said in a New Year post.Despite ...

It's not exactly a compliment to be called a vulture. They circle overhead when disaster or death is imminent. They scavenge and scrounge, feeding on things killed by nature or man, feasting on the ...

My wife and I were driving on a rural road in Bibb County in Middle Georgia the other day when I spied a dark mass on the grassy roadside ahead of us. “Vultures,” I said. “Ugh,” said my wife. I slowed ...

BENGALURU: Though there is a rise in vulture population across India, a breeding and rescue centre to conserve the birds is yet to start operations in Karnataka. To ascertain their natural population ...