From 9-foot tall ostriches to albatrosses with gargantuan wingspans, here are some of the biggest birds in the world.

The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. ... If you see birds circling, that’s where you fly next,” Dr. Shepard said. To scan widely, vultures rise high, ...

Tens of thousands of turkey vultures glide over the Detroit River, offering citizen scientists a surprising highlight of hawk ...

One recent observational study found that upwards of 80 percent of birds that collide with glass fly away from the scene, ... and clean up carrion–among other helpful activities.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has confirmed that the number of carrion crows in the UK has dropped year on ...

on a university campus in Japan. Carrion crows and humans line up patiently, waiting for the traffic to halt. When the lights change, the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts, which ...

And then they can glide around and look for roadkill or carrion laying on the landscape. CHARLES BERGQUIST: They live in places ... in Chapel Hill, which is about 80 meters of elevation– 400-ish feet– ...

A carrion crow had legs weighing around 100 grams, which the team took as their point of reference. The robotic legs built by Shin and his colleagues resembled a real bird’s legs quite closely.

The charity urges householders to take simple steps to help starlings and other at risk birds in their back gardens, ...

"Carrion Crows will come to gardens for food and although often cautious initially, they soon learn when it's safe, and will ...