On a May morning in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourist town in the lap of the world-famous Annapurna range, 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal ...

Local property owners and volunteers are giving kestrels a chance to thrive in an age where the species’ population has declined.

News Sci/Tech Cool Critters: Bloomsday’s vulture won’t eat carrion, but real turkey vultures will – and you should thank them Sun., May 4, 2025 X Email Reddit ...

America's most misunderstood bird is the humble turkey vulture—a remarkable creature whose ecological importance is vastly underappreciated.

A dozen turkey vultures perched in trees near the nests. I was sure the opportunists hoped the rambunctious young would push a sibling out of the nest to its death.

During 2024, 41 community scientists uploaded 532 turkey vulture observations between April and November, according to a 2024 community report about Vulture Watch Wyoming. During this period, program ...

This also includes the nests, eggs or chicks of protected birds. In rural areas, vultures have been known to predate young or vulnerable livestock, which is of great concern during calving, lambing ...

Unlike the nesting areas of many territorial birds, these roosts are not defended or fought over by vultures. According to Katie Fallon, author of the 2017 book "Vulture: The Private Life of an ...

Should Fairfield chicken hobbyist be concerned about two dead turkey vultures in a neighbor’s yard? A flock of chickens in search of food late in the day. (Getty Images) By Joan Morris ...

Bald eagles are powerful symbols of America—but there’s a whole lot more to these quirky birds.

As the autumnal equinox on Sept. 22, we are aware Western turkey vultures will join a long distance avian migration to over winter in southern latitudes like Mexico and Central and South America ...

Congress Mulls Bills Meant to Help Ranchers Defend Calves From Vultures While estimates suggest that black vultures are responsible for the loss of thousands of calves every year, as a protected ...