Vultures don’t exactly have the best reputation, and people see them as creepy, ominous, and just plain gross. These myths are often created by movies and misconceptions. In reality, these birds are ...

Longtime Marin residents will remember the late Elizabeth Terwilliger’s famous mnemonic for telling the difference between a flying hawk and a flying turkey vulture: “V is for vulture!” A large ...

What is a group of vultures called? A group of vultures is called a kettle, wake, or committee, depending on their action. Discover why they have multiple names.

What image comes to mind when you hear the word vulture? When I close my eyes, I picture omens of death, circling ominously overhead as if in an old Western movie. Or my stomach is turned by imagining ...

BARABOO – The airspace over Devil's Lake State Park took on the appearance of a cyclone. This one, though, never touched ground and wasn't likely to be part of any weather report. In fact the spinning ...

All vultures eat dead wild animals, right? But work by Eneko Arrondo, now at the University of Granada, Spain, and his colleagues complicates the conventional conception of a single predictable ...

High above fields, highways and suburbs, dark wings often trace slow circles over the same patch of ground, a sight that has long signaled trouble to anyone watching from below. Those spiraling birds ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The 11th annual Vulture Festival spread its wings on Saturday, Oct. 26 as Athenians ...