By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media has often portrayed the vulture as a harbinger of death in books and films.

A plume of Saharan dust drifts into the area starting today, bringing hazy skies and some potential air quality concerns, ...

A Saharan dust plume off Africa's west coast is expected to gust into the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico this week, suppressing the development of storms. For now. The plume in the Atlantic, the ...