The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture is locally called “buzzard” in many areas. A turkey vulture standing on the ground can, at a distance, resemble a wild turkey.

Lee Grim got a call the other day from residents of Rainy Lake about “the strangest looking bird.” And they were right. Turkey vulture chicks do make for the strangest looking birds, according to ...

An urgent search was launched for a turkey vulture after it escaped from a zoo in Essex. The bird, known as Harold, escaped from the Call Of The Wild zoo on Monday and while he has a tracker ...

U.S. populations of both turkey and black vultures also plummeted during the 20th century, but they’ve rebounded since the 1970s when the use of DDT was discontinued — the chemical pesticide had led ...