Turkey vultures defecate and urinate on their own feet to cool them down in hot weather. Because the vultures' digestive juices kill bacteria, pooping on their legs also works as an antiseptic ...

Turkey vultures have been reported by aircraft pilots to rise to as high as 20,000 feet and soar for hours without flapping their wings. The turkey vulture’s scientific name is Cathartes aura ...

Turkey vultures tilt or rock their six-foot wingspan as they fly with their wings in a V pattern. The scavengers with the bald bright-red heads are not uncommon in Minnesota, ...

Turkey vultures may seem ominous, but they’re also wise and resourceful Seeing a vulture on the wing at a hundred yards is one thing, but face-to-face at about 30 feet is something else ...

Turkey vultures have evolved to have the most finely-attuned sense of smell among nearly all birds, which has also allowed them to be the most ubiquitous of all the 23 vulture species in the world ...

To scan wide distances, turkey vultures rise 10,000 feet or more into the air, their long wings forming a distinctive V-shaped silhouette against the sky. As if filled by helium, ...

They find their food purely by sight, unlike the turkey vulture which is able to locate decaying prey by smell. Thus, black vultures will watch and follow turkey vultures when they drop down to feed.

Turkey vultures weigh approximately five pounds and have a wingspan of six feet.They stand around 30 inches and appear about half the size of an eagle. Adult turkey vultures are easily ...

Turkey vultures defecate and urinate on their own feet to cool them down in hot weather. Because the vultures' digestive juices kill bacteria, pooping on their legs also works as an antiseptic ...

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in ...