The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture, as its habitat does not extend into the New World or the western hemisphere. This large bird is native to the open plains and ...

From Spider-Man’s arch-nemesis, The Vulture, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, to the cackling vultures in Disney’s 1937 version of Snow White, or the villainous Vlad Vladikoff from Dr Seuss’ Horton Hears a ...

For centuries, hooded vultures in West Africa have lived in close association with people in towns and cities. The vultures’ dependence on scraps thrown out has grown in line with the overhunting of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Hundreds of critically endangered hooded vultures and their parts are being illegally sold in markets in Benin, according to recent research. The ...