The place is called Giant's Path, and it's no coincidence. Remains of local megafauna had already been found in a stream near the city of Canelones, just 45 minutes from Montevideo. Now, an unexpected ...

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 ...

Learning more about the form and function of living species can help predict the feeding habits of extinct species, like the Haast's eagle. Credit: PLoS Biol. 2005/CC BY 2.5 Variations in the skull ...

A cluster of mass vulture poisonings in May and June 2025 has drawn attention to an ongoing problem in the transfrontier conservation area that straddles South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. The ...