NEWS viewer Ryan Sears captured five turkey vultures performing common sunning behaviors in southern Douglas County.

A king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) at the Johannesburg Zoo in South Africa during the public viewing event held to raise ...

Turkey vultures gather like this sometimes because they're fairly social creatures. They could just be there chilling because it's a nice sunny day and they liked the spot.

A turkey vulture nest this year in an old silo in Mequon highlights the general increase and adaptability of the species in Wisconsin.

Researchers observed turkey vultures in flight at different altitudes and found that rather than flapping harder or more rapidly to deal with decreased lift, the turkey vulture exploits the lower drag ...

That’s no eagle: Turkey vultures are the other large birds soaring above They tilt or rock their 6-foot wingspan as they fly with their wings in a V pattern.

When most people think about wildlife rehabilitation, they picture fluffy baby birds, fuzzy bunnies, and stilt-legged fawns. Creatures that society deems ugly or less desirable, such as vultures ...

Amazingly, turkey vultures can eat from carcasses that have organisms such as bacteria and botulism and not be affected, because their guts neutralize their acidic digestive juices.

Actually, it’s not uncommon in rural Georgia to see a mixed flock of turkey vultures and black vultures eating carrion along a highway. Even so, I’m always amazed how the grotesque-looking ...

Turkey vultures scavenge and eat carrion, whether that be roadkill, byproduct of another predator’s kill or even disease-ravaged animals.