Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt... From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human ...

Growing up in India, environmental economist Anant Sudarshan remembers the vultures. "When I used to go to school, the school bus would cross the river. And you always saw these vultures in vast ...

Vultures often get a bad rap, but they play a vital role. You can think of this bird of prey as one of nature's garbage collectors - devouring carcasses and other animal matter, mopping up potentially ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lions are both hunters and scavengers, and they will readily return to a carcass if there is still enough meat left to make it ...