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 ...

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 ...

While vultures are usually depicted as creepy, Lake Superior Zoo zookeeper Kelli Carroll has a serious soft spot for Morticia the turkey vulture. “She is my favorite animal in the entire zoo,” Kelli ...

Morning is often about watching wildlife here on Mt. Hoo. It’s more unusual when the wildlife is watching me. Looking out the kitchen window while waiting for coffee to brew, there was a huge turkey ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture. For me, they conjure ...

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 ...

RAPID CITY S.D. (KELO) — A turkey vulture that was injured near Belle Fourche is now in the care of the Black Hills Raptor Center. Maggie Engler, the executive director at the Black Hills Raptor ...

One red vulture in Virginia perched on a tree branchOne red vulture in Virginia perched on a tree branch(Getty Images/iStockphoto/ablokhin) They’re big, heavy ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — An animal control officer in Belle Fourche had an unexpected house guest earlier this week. Police said the officer picked up an injured turkey vulture on Tuesday.

I was driving near Bloomville in Delaware County a week or so ago and saw some large black birds along the side of State Route 10. Initially I thought they were just wild turkeys like I see everywhere ...