Vultures doesn’t deserve their bad reputation. Eatmann/Shutterstock February 22, 2023 In defence of vultures, nature’s early-warning systems that are holy to many people Esther Kettel, Nottingham Trent University Vultures help protect us from disease and in many cultures they are a symbol of strength and wisdom.
The extinct species may have been a relative of the living Griffon Vulture (pictured). Shutterstock July 19, 2022 It was long thought these fossils came from an eagle. Turns out they belong to the only known vulture species from Australia Ellen K. Mather, Flinders University The identification of a vulture that lived more than 50,000 years ago is shedding more light on biodiversity loss and ecosystem change in Australia.
Shutterstock November 4, 2021 The endangered condor surprised researchers by producing fatherless chicks. Could ‘virgin birth’ rescue the species? Jenny Graves, La Trobe University Researchers were surprised to find two female condors had managed to hatch chicks that had no fathers. But virgin birth does not seem to produce healthy birds that could strengthen the population.