The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread ... a white backside that can only be seen when the bird is in flight. Its wings, which are white on top and brown on the bottom, can ...

THE GRIFFON VULTURE in flight. (credit: Shlomo Waldmann/INPA) But eagles are rather hard to come by in the Land of Israel, ...

Love 'em or not, the vulture bird is an essential part of our ecosystem. Find out why vultures don't sing, how long they live ...

It’s not a raptor, but is often mistaken for an eagle as it catches updrafts in the sky, soaring in a circular pattern. In ...

Flight: a large dark bird that flies with its ... The tail is relatively long. The black vulture has a quicker, shallow flap, shorter tail, and obvious white patches at the base of the primaries ...

With their fearsome talons, acid poo and a penchant for rotting carcasses, the vulture has long been shouldered with associations of death, and dishonour. This taboo often puts them bottom of the ...

Robin Pressley, operator of Animal Adventures of Georgia, said the 1-year-old vulture, named Buzz, escaped from a flight cage at Historic Banning Mills in Whitesburg. Advertisement Pressley said ...

Conservationist Sacha Dench visits three different vulture species, with extraordinary stories of persecution and survival, and gets to know these enormous, magnificent birds. Show more With their ...

With their fearsome talons, acid poo and a penchant for rotting carcasses, the vulture has long been shouldered with associations of death, and dishonour. This taboo often puts them bottom of the ...