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Schertz Animal Services officers rescued a turkey vulture whose wings were covered in ice during Thursday's wintry weather. (Schertz Animal Services) SCHERTZ, Texas – It’s not just cute furry animals ...

The vulture died under what officials described as “unusual” circumstances. Last week, two animal enclosures were tampered with, allowing a clouded leopard to escape. By Jesus Jiménez First, a clouded ...

A Black Vulture raised in captivity escaped from the Historic Banning Mills nature show due to an unsecured door. Buzz the Vulture is social, curious, and not aggressive, having participated in ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Friday morning, the Virginia Zoo shared exciting news - their new male cinerous vulture, John Denver (JD), had just arrived from California. This big guy has a wingspan of 10 feet - and ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Six endangered vultures are making the Houston Zoo their new home. This is the first time in the Zoo's history to house Old World vultures. The six vultures consist of two ...

Vultures stalk death, and death stalks vultures. Think about the scavenger bird and images of disease and decay soon follow. The birds have a bad reputation – unjustifiably so, say conservationists, ...

Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...

With a seven-foot wingspan, hooked beak, and intense black stare, Africa's white-backed vulture is an imposing sight. Perhaps it's no surprise that these critically endangered birds of prey have ...

On a clear, crisp winter night on Somkhanda Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, a truck hurtles down a dirt road. In the back, heaps of trash bags stuffed with white-backed vulture corpses ...