Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's skin and eyes. Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an ...

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in ...

What is the white-backed vulture? The white-backed vulture is the ... 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 ...

Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird in India. The scavenging birds hovered over sprawling landfills, looking for cattle carcasses. Sometimes they would alarm pilots ...

CHENNAI: A one-year-old captive-bred, juvenile white-rumped vulture, has taken a 4,000-km-long flight from the Tadoba National Park in Maharashtra to Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu. The weary bird ...

Mumbai: A rarely-sighted Eurasian Griffon Vulture was rescued from Wadala on Friday after the large bird collapsed inside the compound of the Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society. Members of the ...