One red vulture in Virginia perched on a tree branchOne red vulture in Virginia perched on a tree branch(Getty Images/iStockphoto/ablokhin) They’re big, heavy ...
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — In the great circle of life, and the eat-or-be-eaten story of nature’s food web, there is one species in Delaware that shows up at THE END. They are big, they are intimidating ...
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 word “vulture” conjures up a lot of images, mostly of an ugly bird hunched over roadkill on a highway shoulder. But there’s a lot more to these creatures, according to a naturalist at the Cape ...
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 ...
They’re back — the harbingers of death. The sky above me is black with vultures riding the thermals. It’s unnerving. With their keen eyesight, my husband and I joke the vultures are watching us in our ...
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