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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Turkey vultures have a major PR problem. Many people view them as black-feathered villains with menacing bone-colored beaks that skulk on tree branches and circle the skies waiting for animals and ...

Longtime Marin residents will remember the late Elizabeth Terwilliger’s famous mnemonic for telling the difference between a flying hawk and a flying turkey vulture: “V is for vulture!” A large ...

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 ...

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.