Some of these animals are fantastic hunters that only rely on scavenging in extreme food shortages. Others are just too lazy to hunt down their own meals. Nevertheless, all of them have rightfully ...

Scavengers aren’t the most charismatic of animals, but they perform a vital task: by eating carrion, they remove dead animals from our environments. Yet large-bodied scavengers are declining worldwide ...

A new study indicates that human behavior around 45,000 to 29,000 years ago contributed to a change in the composition of scavenging animal species living nearby. While smaller scavenging animals such ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt... From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human ...

Meet the latest African garbage collection team: a clan of hyenas! New research has shown that scavengers, such as the spotted hyena, could be part of the solution for the growing urban waste problem ...