On a May morning in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourist town in the lap of the world-famous Annapurna range, 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal ...

Today, the House Natural Resources Committee held a full committee markup of several bills, including the Black Vulture Relief Act of 2025. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) commends ...

Birding opens the door to the diversity that exists in the natural world. Most of these birds are fundamentally the same, ...

Local property owners and volunteers are giving kestrels a chance to thrive in an age where the species’ population has declined.

Laurie Rott took these photos of a group of adult turkey vultures she spotted in a neighbor’s oak tree in Golden Hills, when ...

The 12th annual Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed ...

A black vulture perches on a fence post. Like the more common turkey vulture, the black vulture feeds off dead animals, but unlike the turkey vulture, it also attacks live animals.

It has allowed people to view real "angry birds" in the US, led to the discovery that some birds emit light, witness the birth and unfortunate death of wildly popular bald eagles, and even allowed ...

Aristotle Onassis once said I have no friends and no enemies – only competitors. A well-known proverb also says that birds of a feather flock together. So, which is it? Just how true are those ...

The 11th annual Vulture Festival spread its wings on Saturday, Oct. 26 as Athenians gathered for a day of bird-themed and eco-educational activities.

Vultures, often thought of as the birds of death and decay, have a reputation for scavenging roadkill and signaling mortality from the sky. However, the black vulture is also known for attacking ...

In this Bird of the Week segment, Nick Lund with Maine Audubon tells us the turkey vulture might not be the prettiest of birds, but it serves an important role.