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 ...

We see them every day in New Mexico soaring overhead, holding their wings in a shallow V-shape, tipping side to side causing their gray flight feathers to appear silvery, stretching from the “armpit” ...

Schertz Animal Services officers rescued a turkey vulture whose wings were covered in ice during Thursday's wintry weather. (Schertz Animal Services) SCHERTZ, Texas – It’s not just cute furry animals ...

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 ...

Seen as harbingers of death and disease, staples of horror films and Halloween decor, vultures actually play an important ...

LARKSPUR, Colo. — A 9NEWS viewer spotted a striking scene in southern Douglas County over Labor Day weekend: five turkey vultures gathered near Greenland, just south of Larkspur. Ryan Sears, who ...

A few of their more stomach-turning features are featherless heads to help them reach deep into carcasses, pooping onto their own legs and projectile vomiting onto any perceived threat. It’s precisely ...

Igor the turkey vulture spread dark wings like Dracula's cape as if to greet his audience with a "good evening" in a deep vampire voice. Yet Igor seemed to enjoy the daylight -- and the limelight -- ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An Advance/SILive.com reporter spotted turkey vultures gobbling up a dead opossum on Hylan Boulevard in early May. On the bridge spanning over Lemon Creek on Staten Island’s ...

A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa during the public viewing event held to raise awareness about the threats faced by bird species in the country due to climate ...