Estimates suggest that black vulture depredation results in the losses of thousands to tens of thousands of cattle in the US annually. Historically, black vultures were endemic to the southeastern ...

Thus, in the 1970s, biologists from the Frankfurt Zoological Society and elsewhere decided to try to reestablish a bearded vulture population in the Alps by introducing captive-bred birds into the ...

“The increased number of permits supports livestock producers with black vulture management,” said staff biologist Karen Duncan. “Black vulture attacks on livestock pose a significant ...

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 on its shorter, broader wings. The zone-tailed hawk ...