Black vultures, which have a dark gray head and are aggressive, should not be confused with their larger, less aggressive and ...

This small, rare bird has a distinctive black cap on its head and is found in forests. It’s a delightful and curious creature ...

Unlike their red-headed cousins, the turkey vulture, black vultures are more aggressive scavengers and will even peck at soft materials, including roofing, plastic, and rubber. If they’ve taken ...

Estimates suggest that black vulture depredation results in the losses of thousands to tens of thousands of cattle in the US annually. Historically, black vultures were endemic to the southeastern ...

It was a young black vulture, probably on the hunt for some mice. These birds normally nest farther south, but they were spotted nesting in Vermont for the first time in 2020.

The handsome black-headed grosbeak is the western counterpart to the East’s rose-breasted grosbeak, and the 2 even occasionally hybridize where they come into contact in the western Great Plains.

Black vultures have attracted extra scrutiny because they occasionally prey on newborn calves, piglets and lambs, and some people have accused the raptors of going after their pets. Avery has found ...

In February 2013, local villagers informed staff of WWF and the Cambodian Government’s Forestry Administration that two more chicks of the critically endangered Red-headed Vulture hatched in a nest on ...