The Agriculture Ministry has closed all livestock markets to prevent spread of the disease while vaccination efforts are ...

Beloved TV personality and wildlife expert Peter Gros shares bird-watching tips. From listening for calls to spotting birds of prey, here's how to start birding ...

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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, the birds use ...

He said there isn’t a reason to be afraid of turkey vultures because they have chicken feet and beaks, so they lack the strength and ability to attack or kill. That is why they scavenge.

He said there isn’t a reason to be afraid of turkey vultures because they have chicken feet and beaks, so they lack the strength and ability to attack or kill. That is why they scavenge.

Turkey vultures have many gross habits. They defend themselves by vomiting powerful stomach acids, and they pee and defecate on their feet to cool themselves down. (It’s called urohidrosis.) ...

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.

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 ...

The smaller, red-headed cousin of the California condor, the turkey vulture sports a wingspan of a mere 6 feet as opposed to the condor's nearly 10-foot spread.