Love 'em or not, the vulture bird is an essential part of our ecosystem. Find out why vultures don't sing, how long they live, and more.

Carlisle proudly accepted recognition as a “Bird Town Pennsylvania” community, one of 64 across the state. It means borough ...

In addition to nest and egg management, the USDA could also provide implement vulture harassment using effigies, spotlights, paintballs, pyrotechnics and gas canons.

A turkey vulture standing on the ground can ... The tail is relatively long. The black vulture has a quicker, shallow flap, shorter tail, and obvious white patches at the base of the primaries ...

Black vultures are in a genus of their own. In other words, they don’t have any close relatives. You most likely are familiar with the much more common turkey vulture, which has a huge range ...

"Unlike their less aggressive relative, the turkey vulture, black vultures will gang up and prey on livestock," Robert Pierce, PhD, associate professor and state extension fisheries and wildlife ...

The world's 23 vulture species, including turkey vultures, black vultures and California condors (which are endangered) here in the U.S., have sharp vision to help them spot carrion from high above.

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 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 ...

This boldly colored species boldly returns to Michigan in mid- to late February. By mid-March red-winged blackbirds can be ...

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.