Black vultures don’t sing, chirp or call like other birds, since they lack a vocal organ. ... Besides the black vulture bird, discover more black birds that are always dressed for Halloween.

A 12,000-Year-Old Bird Call, Made of Bird Bones. ... Carved from the wing-bone of a griffon vulture, the flute may be 40,000 years old, making it one of the oldest instruments ever found.

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.

Thanks to significant reintroduction efforts, Europe is one of the few places in the world where vulture populations are ...

The most abundant bird of prey in the world appeared so numerous that people didn’t bother counting them in bird surveys. Now the accountants can do that: there are barely 20,000 left ...

A search has begun for a vulture that has gone missing from a zoo. Harold the turkey vulture got caught in a gust of wind during a bird display at Call Of the Wild Zoo, Essex, on Monday. Head ...

The Bronx Zoo in New York is using a specially designed hand puppet to feed its new king vulture chick, which is intended to prevent the baby bird from becoming too dependent on humans.