"Recently, the turkey vulture has just made people smile," Abbey Krumrie, co-founder of River Valley Raptors, said. "It doesn't matter if they remember what I tell them as long as they remember ...

In 1972, Roxie Laybourne was a 61-year-old ornithologist working in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to testify at a Maine murder trial. Photograph from Smithsonian Institution Archives; video ...

Ralph the turkey vulture served as an animal ambassador at the EcoTarium. The turkey vulture is one of two knowns species of vulture in Massachusetts. Vultures are primarily carrion-seeking birds. He ...

Day 138: May 18, 2025 – A turkey vulture soars over the Barcelona Lighthouse on the Lake Erie shore in Westfield. Libby March/Buffalo News Day 137. Day 137: May 17, 2025 ...

A vagrant Western Marsh Harrier, a species native to Europe and Asia, was killed in a plane strike in the USA in November 2022. Smithsonian researchers identified the bird using DNA analysis, ...