Longtime Marin residents will remember the late Elizabeth Terwilliger’s famous mnemonic for telling the difference between a flying hawk and a flying turkey vulture: “V is for vulture!” A large ...

Walking through a pine grove north of Boston a few weeks ago, I was startled when a large, black bird came flapping through the forest canopy and landed on a branch about 50 feet away. Its wingspan ...

Morning is often about watching wildlife here on Mt. Hoo. It’s more unusual when the wildlife is watching me. Looking out the kitchen window while waiting for coffee to brew, there was a huge turkey ...

ST. LOUIS -- Farmers and ranchers in parts of the Midwest are fending off a new menace: the federally protected black vultures, which swoop down and peck newborn calves and other small animals to ...

Every summer and early fall, Mary Larson Bishop begins scanning the skies over her Sierra Foothills home outside Fresno, California. Bishop, who's 85, keeps track of when the big dark-brown birds with ...

Many parts of the country herald spring with the first chirping bluebird. Or with the first gentle swallows, as they light on the mission down in San Juan Capistrano. Please. In Arizona, we like our ...

Farmers and ranchers in parts of the Midwest are fending off a new menace: the federally protected black vultures, which swoop down and peck newborn calves and other small animals to death. Some ...

With a seven-foot wingspan, hooked beak, and intense black stare, Africa's white-backed vulture is an imposing sight. Perhaps it's no surprise that these critically endangered birds of prey have ...

The discovery of KwaZulu-Natal’s first active hooded vulture nest has been hailed as a landmark vulture conservation milestone, with experts calling it a breakthrough for efforts to save one of South ...

Rare vulture found in Thailand to be flown home to Mongolia Bangkok: The next time you take a Thai Airways flight to China, a passenger with a wingspan of nearly 2.8 metres and a taste for rotting ...