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.

She learned about turkey vultures and other pieces of the puzzle of her homeland's natural cycles from her stepfather, Ed ...

U.S. populations of both turkey and black vultures also plummeted during the 20th century, but they’ve rebounded since the 1970s when the use of DDT was discontinued — the chemical pesticide had led ...

Vultures eat carrion, feeding on recently deceased animals. By quickly consuming meat and bone fragments before they rot, vultures help prevent the growth of dangerous pathogens. Their stomachs even ...

The next time you see a turkey vulture, be sure to thank it for helping keep our environment cleaner and healthier. As scavengers, they feed on animal carcasses, which helps reduce the spread of ...

A turkey vulture carrying a squirrel caused a power outage for thousands of customers in Lebanon County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. First Energy spokesperson Todd Meyers said ...

A missing vulture has been found and returned to his home at an Essex zoo. Harold the turkey vulture got caught in a gust of wind during a bird display at Call of the Wild Zoo on the outskirts of ...

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 ...

A search has begun for a vulture that has gone missing from a zoo. Harold the turkey vulture got caught in a gust of wind during a bird display at Call Of the Wild Zoo, Essex, on Monday.

Vulture behavior There are two vulture species in Arkansas. Turkey vultures are characterized by their red heads, and black vultures, with black heads. Both are year-round residents.

A middle-aged vulture has become the first of its kind to undergo a stem cell procedure to help the bird breed more chicks. The 28-year-old Eurasian black vulture, which is named Bernard ...

Black vultures were feasting on a dead squirrel flattened by the countless cars that had run over it on a street by our house. The vultures ate up every morsel of what they must have considered a ...