Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) may not be beautiful, but they are certainly adaptable. A new study published in the Journal ...

Kurt Leuschner, a professor of natural resources at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, will speak on “Turkey Vultures and Bird Migration” when the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society ...

Why it's awesome: These scavenger birds have an unexpected way of keeping predators away — by projectile vomiting stomach acid and semi-digested meat at their attackers. Turkey vultures live in a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Most commercial airplanes cruise at 30,000 to 40,000 ...

Turkey vultures never seem to hurry. They glide silently above us, drawing circles in the air, calligraphers with quill pens. They tip and turn up there in the wind, rarely flapping those long willowy ...

JAISALMER: A significant increase in the presence of raptors, especially threatened and Schedule I species such as the Steppe Eagle and other vultures, has been observed in Desert National Park in ...

The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind. Lappet-faced vultures, Shredder and Kenya, ...

With so many threats to animal populations and habitats around the world, it sometimes feels like all we hear is bad news. It is easy to forget that dedicated conservationists and scientists are ...

Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) may not be beautiful, but they are certainly adaptable. A new study published in the Journal ...

'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors Birds are declining faster and faster in 3 US hotspots, ...