And they do it fast. A vulture can wolf more than ... Less grassland means fewer ungulates for vultures to eat. The government hasn’t been able to stop drilling for geothermal wells within ...

It only feeds on carrion—the carcasses of dead animals—and, by eating flesh before it rots, the vulture prevents dangerous bacteria and viruses from growing on decomposing carcasses.

"The most peculiar symptoms had to do with the fact that they ... as birds of prey "eat [a] whole prey diet, whereas corvids and vultures are omnivores and take advantage of the foods they scavenge." ...