The corpses they ritually place on elevated stone platforms for “sky burial”—in which vultures liberate the souls of the dead so that they can reach heaven—were taking months longer to ...

The white-backed vulture circles the sky while scanning the area for freshly dead animals, such as wildebeests, zebras, and even livestock. Once a vulture detects a carcass, it signals other ...

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