These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and ...
The number of trees used for nesting by Lappet-faced vultures is decreasing because elephants are pushing them over - but experts have been left baffled as to why this is happening. Dr Campbell ...
Conservationists in Namibia use a car side-door mirror on a pole to peek into a lappet-faced vulture’s nest in a tree. If they find a chick that’s old enough, they’ll retrieve it ...
From perched trees to sky-high spirals above carcasses, the vultures were indispensable to the subcontinent’s ecosystem. By 2007, their numbers had plummeted by 97% to 99.9%, with the white ...
Eventually, park officials decided to use a tactic that had succeeded elsewhere: hanging dead vultures from nearby trees. It dispersed the vultures at first, but the carcasses didn’t last long in the ...
Instead of removing the trees as the contractors were paid to ... Jerry Godown described some of the contractors they've spoken with as "the vultures" that "came in and swooped on us." ...
January and my 2025 bird list has stalled. The juncos, cardinals, starlings, chickadees and blue jays are feasting at my ...
The couple rushed to their garage, where they would continue to sleep for over three weeks. When the sun came up, the picture became clear — two massive trees had crashed down on their house leaving a ...