It’s not a raptor, but is often mistaken for an eagle as it catches updrafts in the sky, soaring in a circular pattern. In ...

"Unlike their less aggressive relative, the turkey vulture, black vultures will gang up and prey on livestock," Robert Pierce, PhD, associate professor and state extension fisheries and wildlife ...

The conservation nonprofit calls vultures "nature's dedicated waste management specialists." The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are ...

Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.

The early birds of February and March tend to be short distant migrants, or at least species with populations that winter ...

Donna Dieterle took these photos at her house in West Golden Hills of a Turkey Vulture that was warming itself up in the sun, ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - A turkey vulture in trouble is getting the help it needs at a Miami wildlife hospital. The injured bird is no ordinary patient at the Pelican Harbor Seabird Station. Officials said ...

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.