A 30,000-year-old vulture feather represents a "two-for-the-price-of one" discovery: the fossil itself, and the first ...

By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media has often portrayed the vulture as a harbinger of death in books and films.

The feather belonged to a vulture that lived in Italy some 30,000 years ago. The animal’s entire body was preserved in three dimensions, from the bird’s eyelids to the tips of its wings.

Vultures made me do it. That's my stock answer now, whenever people ask me about this book. It was vultures that first spurred my interest in feathers, years ago on a research project in Kenya.

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

And, because the vulture eats bones and not flesh, it’s not blood staining the feathers. Bearded vultures are the only birds known to deliberately dye their feathers – and they know the colors ...

30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash. Chickens sprouted dino-like feathers when scientists messed with the Sonic Hedgehog gene.

Turkey vultures are one of three vulture species living in North America. They only exist in certain environments, including cavities in a boulder field, caves in a cliff, or even big hollow logs.

A red-tailed hawk was found at IU Memorial Stadium beak-down in a substance called polyurethane. Here's how she was rescued.

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued and rehabilitated ...