Remove roadkill or animal carcasses from your property as soon as possible. Use predator decoys. Hanging an owl or hawk decoy in the area can make them wary. Avoid leaving pet food outside. Shiny ...

The federally protected birds are preying on newborn livestock. Missouri's black vulture bird population has grown from 14,000 in 2015 to roughly 21,000 in 2021, which is only worsening the problem.

Black vultures have been a federally protected species for more than 100 years, meaning livestock producers must seek a permit to kill one.

The most abundant buzzard across the United States is still the turkey vulture, which sports pink skin on its head, a long tail and a V-shaped wing profile. But increasingly, it is the black ...

Ranchers across the Midwest are battling black vultures, a federally protected bird that has a reputation for killing newborn livestock. While the birds play a major ecological role, their ...

Black Vulture Ecology and Human-Wildlife Conflicts Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) ...

Lappet-faced vultures, native to Africa and named for the flaps of skin, or lappets, that dangle from either side of their head, are among the world’s most endangered birds.

Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas do an important job in protecting human health. But studies show these creatures ...

Four times a day, Thai conservationist Watchiradol Phangpanya puts on a black, long-sleeved shirt, red gloves, and a red balaclava, hoping to imitate an endangered red-headed vulture feeding its baby.

Vultures make Honesdale look "like an Alfred Hitchcock movie," a resident says. They're also helpful by clearing dead animals, the mayor points out.