Many folks in southern coastal areas know about strand feeding, the remarkable fish-catching behavior demonstrated by ...

Learn how falling numbers of vultures, hyenas, and other large-bodied scavengers could cause an uptick in zoonotic diseases.

More than one-third of species that eat some amount of carrion are threatened or declining, a new analysis finds, and that ...

In the shadows of Python Cave , Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound – formed by bat excrement – and sinks its teeth ...

More than a third of large animals that feast on dead animals are struggling to survive, and a new report from scientists ...

Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas help limit pathogens that can harm humans by eating carrion, the meat from decaying ...

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

Vultures circling in the sky may actually be a sign of good health.Despite their negative image, large scavengers like vultures and hyenas help limit ...

The approach here, though, is not the mass safari tourism you’ll find in many places elsewhere on this continent. Here it’s ...

The increasingly popular gadgets, which take photos of avian visitors, are turning at-home birding into a shared experience.

Are hippos dangerous? Hippos hold a common perception of a cute and bubbly demeanor, but that is quite a far cry from the ...