The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The 11th annual Vulture Festival spread its wings on Saturday, Oct. 26 as Athenians ...

High above fields, highways and suburbs, dark wings often trace slow circles over the same patch of ground, a sight that has long signaled trouble to anyone watching from below. Those spiraling birds ...

Vultures, condors, buzzards: are these all names for the same type of bird? The difference in names between these three has been confusing people for quite some time. Thankfully, the similarities and ...

Vultures, often thought of as the birds of death and decay, have a reputation for scavenging roadkill and signaling mortality from the sky. However, the black vulture is also known for attacking and ...

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 ...