The new work suggests that scavenging persisted among humans long after hunting emerged. So while it has long been argued ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this ...

Scavengers might seem scary and unusual, but they play a crucial role in the cycle of life on Earth. These animals feed on ...

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

This sandal woven from grasses and twigs, called an agobía, is somewhere between 652 and 696 years old, researchers say. Photograph By Sergio Couto More than six centuries ago, a resident of southern ...