Most of us have a favorite species of bird based on their song, color or habits. There is a fascinating bird that will never win a beauty contest, yet it plays an important role in our environment.

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. With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture. For me, they conjure ...

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 ...

Turkey vultures deter predators by projectile vomiting gastric juices as acidic as battery acid that burns their attacker's skin and eyes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

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 ...

Multiple Types of Vultures Live in the U.S. Three types of vultures live in the United States—the turkey vulture, black vulture and California condor (which is a vulture bird, despite not having that ...

A turkey vulture flies above its roost on the roof of Old Main on the University of Wyoming campus. UW’s Biodiversity Institute invites community members from across the state to share their ...

With summer just around the corner, I would like to highlight one of my favorite birds — the turkey vulture. For me, they conjure up hot summer days as I watch them ride and circle in the updrafts.

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