Florida wildlife officials are investigating after more than 100 vultures died or fell ill at a state park in January.

Researchers testing dead black vultures found bird flu in about four out of five of them, according to a University of ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

More than four out of every five dead black vultures examined by University of Georgia researchers tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a new study published in ...

Multiple Types of Vultures Live in the U.S. Three types of vultures live in the United States—the turkey vulture, black vulture and California condor (which is a vulture bird, despite not having that ...

Over 100 black vultures were found dead on the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette, Sussex County, New Jersey. The deaths have apparently been occurring since early August, and avian influenza (also ...

Wildlife officials are investigating what happened to 101 vultures who were found dead and 17 sick at Blue Spring State Park.

You've heard of a strong stomach? Whatever the context, turkey vultures would always come first. The acid in a vulture's digestive system is strong enough to destroy the DNA of the dead animal it's ...

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Sometimes as many as a dozen black vultures circle above John Hardin's fields in southern Indiana’s Scott County, poised for when they spot a cold, weak or vulnerable cow. Unlike ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Four new "vulture restaurants" have opened in ...

A section of the Sussex Branch Trail in Lafayette was closed this weekend after over 100 dead black vultures were discovered in the area, the New Jersey State Park Service announced Saturday. The U.S.