Egyptian vultures, it turns out, love to stick on a bit of slap. Researchers have found that the birds apply red mud to their faces and white feathers as a form of make-up.

During the last census, 117 vultures were recorded across 36 sites in the Indore, Choral, Mhow, and Manpur areas. The species observed included Egyptian Vulture, White-Rumped Vulture, King Vulture ...

The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has done something they have not done in the organization's 105 year history, hatch an endangered Egyptian Vulture. The chick is now a few months old and lives ...

The goddess Nekhbet – one of the two patron deities of unified Ancient Egypt – was depicted as an Egyptian White Vulture. The birds nested on top of the pyramids and had a special hieroglyph.

Egyptian vultures, for example, have been shown to throw stones at ostrich eggs to crack through the shell, but only after an experimenter revealed to the birds that the giant eggs contained food.

Celebrated in many cultures for its resourcefulness, the Egyptian Vulture is one of the few bird species to use tools such as pebbles to open large eggs. Contrary to the adult, juveniles are dark ...

The Egyptian vulture normally has a yellow wrinkled face surrounded by a halo of white hair. But on Fuerteventura island in the Canaries … Close.

Vultures have 6 species in Iran, including Black or Monk Vulture, Griffon Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Lammergeier or Bearded Vulture, Indian White-backed Vulture and Short-toed Eagle. Egyptian Vulture ...

There are only between 12,000 and 38,000 Egyptian vultures left in the world, according to BirdLife International. It is one of the only birds of prey known to use tools when hunting.

During the last census, 117 vultures were recorded across 36 sites in the Indore, Choral, Mhow, and Manpur areas. The species observed included Egyptian Vulture, White-Rumped Vulture, King Vulture ...