Love 'em or not, the vulture bird is an essential part of our ecosystem. Find out why vultures don't sing, how long they live ...

Researchers and volunteers in Texas documented birds of different species preening one another. Experts say the behavior may be more common than documented.

KSHB 41 reporter Claire Bradshaw covers eastern Jackson County, including Blue Springs and Independence. Share your story idea with Claire. A Blue Springs neighborhood is trying to ward off a pair of ...

Although there have already been birds that received strap-on artificial legs, scientists are now reporting the first successful integration of a prosthetic foot directly into a stork's residual leg ...

Shari Stern’s turkey vultures follow her around, like dogs. The birds look so alike, sometimes Stern can’t tell them apart. Templeton and Virgil, the turkey vultures in question, experience no such ...

You've heard of a strong stomach? Whatever the context, turkey vultures would always come first. The acid in a vulture's digestive system is strong enough to destroy the DNA of the dead animal it's ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) wildlife veterinarian has given further insight into the recent increase in reports of dead black vultures throughout the ...

SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Sometimes as many as a dozen black vultures circle above John Hardin's fields in southern Indiana’s Scott County, poised for when they spot a cold, weak or vulnerable cow. Unlike ...