Vultures were a prominent and hilarious addition to The Far Side that only helped the comic strip further demonstrate its ...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.—These days, you have to watch where you step in parts of this picturesque hamlet. Those white splashes on the sidewalk aren’t fresh paint. They’re vulture poop. Lots of it.

Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) may not be beautiful, but they are certainly adaptable. A new study published in the Journal of Raptor Research, titled "Turkey Vulture Aggregations at a Water Barrier ...

Vultures raiding a Burmese python nest in Broward County might sound like classic Florida weirdness, but University of Florida researchers said the discovery marks the first documented case of native ...

GREENPORT — Nancy Jane Kern said she has seen black vultures in Columbia County “hundreds of times.” A member of the Alan Devoe Bird Club who describes herself as “80 years old and an avid lifetime ...

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Complaints about swarms of vultures in one Hillsborough neighborhood have escalated into a lawsuit, with town officials accusing a couple of attracting the birds to their ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — An investigation is underway after rangers found 33 dead black vultures dumped in a popular national park last month. On April 6, park rangers at Great Smoky Mountains ...

Investigators and park rangers at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are investigating after they say 33 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) were dumped on the Foothills Parkway. On April 6, at ...

Throughout the ‘70s, Hanna-Barbera Studios made a killing off a simple equation: meddling kids + sidekick + mysteries. It all started with a talking Great Dane and a quartet of teens named Fred, ...

SEATTLE — For the first time in its 126-year history, Woodland Park Zoo has welcomed a pair of critically endangered hooded vultures. The two birds, a sub-Saharan African species known scientifically ...

Condor 204, a 16-year-old male, soars along California's central coast in 2015 with his 7-year-old son, condor 470, in the background. Recent data showing an increase in lead exposure and deaths among ...

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