The purpose of the vulture's 'beard' has been a long-standing mystery, but new photographic analysis suggests a potential ...

Conservationist Sacha Dench visits three different vulture species, each with an extraordinary story of persecution and survival. In India, vulture populations collapsed by 99.9%, the sharpest ...

With their fearsome talons, acid poo and a penchant for rotting carcasses, the vulture has long been shouldered with associations of death, and dishonour. This taboo often puts them bottom of the ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with such unprecedented levels of detail. The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus ...

Conservationist Sacha Dench visits three different vulture species, with extraordinary stories of persecution and survival, and gets to know these enormous, magnificent birds. Show more With their ...

It’s not a raptor, but is often mistaken for an eagle as it catches updrafts in the sky, soaring in a circular pattern. In flight it has both the size ...