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Tag: Vultures (Birds)

World

How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths

July 29, 2024July 29, 2024Catrin EinhornComments Off on How a Crisis for Vultures Led to a Human Disaster: Half a Million Deaths

The birds were accidentally poisoned in India. New research on what happened next shows how wildlife collapse can be deadly for people.

World

Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block

November 12, 2023November 14, 2023NATALIE ANGIERComments Off on Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block

The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind.

World

Border Officials Seek to Evict Defecating Vultures From Texas Radio Tower

January 13, 2020MIHIR ZAVERIComments Off on Border Officials Seek to Evict Defecating Vultures From Texas Radio Tower

United States Customs and Border Protection, which operates the tower, wants to attach a net to deter the birds.

World

500 Vultures Killed in Botswana by Poachers’ Poison, Government Says

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019KIMON de GREEFComments Off on 500 Vultures Killed in Botswana by Poachers’ Poison, Government Says

As scavengers, vultures can help rangers locate poachers by their presence in the air over freshly killed animals, such as elephants.

Headlines

3 Takeaways From Vietnam’s Drift Toward Russia and Away From America

October 27, 2025DAMIEN CAVE

Is the U.S. Losing in Vietnam? Russia, North Korea and China Are Gaining.

October 27, 2025DAMIEN CAVE

U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials

October 27, 2025VIVIAN YEE

2 U.S. Navy Aircraft Go Down in South China Sea

October 27, 2025Yan Zhuang

In U.K., China Is a Threat and a Coveted Trade Partner

October 27, 2025ADAM GOLDMAN

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

October 27, 2025October 27, 2025Stephanie Nolen

Japan’s New Leader Faces an Early Test: Winning Over Trump

October 26, 2025October 27, 2025JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ

Trump, Long Erratic on the World Stage, Reaches a New Level

October 26, 2025DAVID E. SANGER

The Russia-Ukraine Energy War

October 26, 2025October 27, 2025KATRIN BENNHOLD

Caribbean Braces for Hurricane Melissa

October 26, 2025October 26, 2025FRANCES ROBLES
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