Unlike some other types of birds, black vulture populations have been increasing in recent years. "They do provide valuable ...

Description: 22 to 24 inches long. "Very different shape from Turkey Vulture: stocky, short-tailed, with bigger head, broad ...

Turkey vultures live in a range of habitats, including subtropical forests, shrublands and deserts. They have bald heads so that when they feast on carcasses, blood and guts don't get trapped in ...

The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

While fishing off the Florida Keys near Islamorada on Jan. 19, they found a pile of around 150 vultures in the water that had apparently fallen out of the sky and into the Gulf. Most of the turkey ...

The city of Leesburg is taking an interesting approach to get rid of turkey vultures causing an issue at their water tower.

Green space vs. gray space. Birds vs. builders. It’s a tale as old as time in the Sunshine State, the plot of every Carl ...

Journal of Applied Ecology 49:758-766. Blackwell, B. F., and S. E. Wright. 2006. Collisions of red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), turkey vultures (Cathartes aura), and black vultures (Coragyps ...

Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...