Purdue University

Black Vulture Ecology and Human-Wildlife Conflicts

Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...
Vulture

Good Will Hunting

Terrence Malick Gave Good Will Hunting Its EndingAlso, Gus Van Sant hoped to kill Ben Affleck’s character: “I want him to get crushed like a bug.” ...
The Conversation

Hunters should stop using lead bullets and help save the vultures

Arjun Amar receives funding from National Research Foundation of South Africa Beckie Garbett receives funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa, Raptors Botswana, the Rufford ...
Forbes

The Vultures Disappeared And Half A Million People Died—A Biologist Explains Why

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Vultures in the Indian subcontinent dropped from a thriving ...