These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and ...

Inevitably vultures also visit the livestock carcass, or they eat the poisoned lions themselves. Whatever the vector, the birds, which can feed in “wakes” of more than a hundred individuals ...

Harris’s Hawk are one of the birds who stay in the group to hunt or eat the fleshes of the dead animals. Eagles are the most furious hunters in the bird species and eat the maximum amount of dead ...

While many birds eat seeds and fruits ... Lammergeiers, or bearded vultures, are large birds that inhabit mountainous regions, primarily feeding on bones, which they crack by dropping from ...

He pointed out that kea, sheep-eating parrots in New Zealand ... Bildstein, who recently authored a book about raptor behavior, said black vultures are very social birds that often feed in large ...

Vultures play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance by consuming carcasses and preventing disease spread. They are ...

vultures prevent tens of millions of metric tons of carbon emissions each year by eating carcasses before they decompose and release greenhouse gases. Unlike other birds, turkey vultures lay their ...