The turkey vultures are back. They return to Wyoming each spring, roosting by the hundreds on the UW campus and in Casper.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images Vultures have an important job to do scavenging carrion, which helps reduce the risk of diseases from spreading in ...

Biologist Bracken Brown couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted the seemingly out-of-place bird soaring through the sky. “I always enjoy doing roost counts, watching a column of vultures catch ...

Vultures are often vilified simply because of how they look. They are seen as unclean and unnecessary creatures, which has led to mass poisoning in the past. However, most vultures help clean up the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — On Wednesday at noon, KSN viewers met Hoppy, the king vulture at Tanganyika Wildlife Park. Kiana Lucero brought Hoppy to the station. King vultures have colorful but bald heads.

Every summer and early fall, Mary Larson Bishop begins scanning the skies over her Sierra Foothills home outside Fresno, California. Bishop, who's 85, keeps track of when the big dark-brown birds with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. close up of bearded vulture head, side-on, with a meaty bone sticking out of its mouth Vultures are not known for their museum ...

It's not exactly a compliment to be called a vulture. They circle overhead when disaster or death is imminent. They scavenge and scrounge, feeding on things killed by nature or man, feasting on the ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The 11th annual Vulture Festival spread its wings on Saturday, Oct. 26 as Athenians ...

A new study reveals that colonies of critically endangered Rüppell’s vultures are visible via satellite images. A group of researchers scanned more than 6 million square kilometers (2.3 million square ...