Sometimes called buzzards, turkey vultures are scavengers that feed on carrion. I’m a bird lover, but vultures lost their ...

This bird is one of the most important when it comes to protecting the environment and decreasing disease, but it is often ...

BEFORE leaving the house Spencer Stevenson would pull on a hat and bend his head low. It was 1996 and the then 21-year-old ...

In the historic town of Hillsborough, North Carolina, a unique neighborhood dispute has taken flight — quite literally. Longtime residents Ken and Linda Ostrand have been regularly feeding black ...

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) — Residents and officials say a flock of vultures are wreaking havoc in Carlisle, causing significant property damage and raising health concerns that have resulted ...

CARLISLE — Less than a year ago, Carlisle proudly accepted recognition as a “Bird Town Pennsylvania” community, one of 64 across the state. It means borough officials have committed to doing ...

An injured bald eagle discovered in a farm field south of Worthington last Thursday is now under the care of The Raptor Center in St. Paul, thanks to an observant passerby. Steve Hohensee, of rural ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of how the fossilized feathers of a 30,000-year-old vulture were preserved with such unprecedented levels of detail. The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus ...

“I got kind of at peace with not feeling like I was doing work that was in the Zeitgeist.” Photo: Marco Giannavola “I got kind of at peace with not feeling like I was doing work that was in ...

Conservation efforts have proved successful after Cape vultures were spotted scavenging for the first time at Shamwari Private Game Reserve in South Africa. The Daily Maverick shared that the return ...

Volcanic deposits in central Italy have remarkably preserved the delicate tissue structures of a fossil vulture, including three-dimensional feathers, challenging previous fossilization theories.

While fossilized feathers are typically found in ancient mudrocks from lakes or lagoons, this specimen was embedded in volcanic ash—an extremely rare occurrence.