Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup of several bills, including the Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) commends ...

By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

Laurie Rott took these photos of a group of adult turkey vultures she spotted in a neighbor’s oak tree in Golden Hills, when ...

A turkey vulture’s stomach acid is so powerfully corrosive it can safely digest carcasses infected with deadly diseases like rabies.

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

Black vultures, which have a dark gray head and are aggressive, should not be confused with their larger, less aggressive and red-headed relative, the turkey vulture.

They’re back — the harbingers of death. The sky above me is black with vultures riding the thermals.

It has allowed people to view real "angry birds" in the US, led to the discovery that some birds emit light, witness the birth and unfortunate death of wildly popular bald eagles, and even allowed ...

"Turkey vultures have an excellent sense of smell and will find it within a day, which then attracts black vultures," says Owen. Use noise to harass them off their roost.

At the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center in Boyce, Virginia, the role of turkey vultures is being celebrated this Thanksgiving season.