vulture

They also targeted so-called vulture funds -- investment firms that buy properties at low prices in pursuit of higher returns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

In a 2024 exposé on Bowlero’s rise, Amos Barshad introduced a now-familiar category of villain — the private-equity vulture — as more than the average mercenary buying up distressed properties and selling off their parts.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

As Scott Weidensaul tells us, poisoning has led to seven of Africa’s 10 vulture species being listed as endangered or critically endangered, with populations down as much as 97%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

Some residents of Banham Zoo, near Attleborough, including penguins, a vulture, a cheetah, a tiger and a sloth, were scanned using the equipment, which produces detailed images of bones, organs and soft tissue.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Then walks in front of Axel, past the old owl who isn’t calling out, past the turkey vulture eating from a steel tray, past the pair of kestrels resting in the sun.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

Some cranes, pelicans, and vultures weighing between 8kg and 21.5kg have hatchlings ranging from 110g to around 357g, corresponding to neonate-adult body mass ratios of about 1.3% to 4.5%.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

About a dozen vultures were feeding on the remains of a pregnant female elephant, who had died near full term, and her unborn calf.

From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026

Without vultures, experts warn ecosystems lose a natural defence system.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Yet for many who venture into the wild elsewhere on the continent, vultures are not the first birds to capture their attention.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

His words—“I have to bury what the vultures left behind”—dug a gully between them that she had not known how to bridge.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie