Rangers collected the carcasses of 335 black kites, a greater spotted eagle, a lapwing, and a gray crow. The bodies, found ...

Two vultures in Connecticut who they believed to be dying were actually drunk. Officials say this likely happened when the pair went dumpster diving. ... harriers, kites, eagles and owls. ...

Georgia’s bald eagles are having an average nesting year – and that’s good news, according to the scientists who study them.

From lappet-faced vultures with nine-foot wingspans to long-crested eagles with spiky mohawks, Africa’s raptors are undeniably spectacular birds. But these predators are fast disappearing from ...

Black vultures are a relatively recent addition to Berks bird life. The first sighting of a black vulture occurred in the Hay Creek Valley in 1952. The first nesting record was in 1985 among some ...

The first breeding pair of turkey vultures in Massachusetts were recorded in Tyringham in 1954. The species is now a nearly year-round resident. Vultures are not harbingers of death, but partners in ...

During a flight demonstration, you get to see different types of birds such as eagles, hawks, and kites showcase their individual flying and hunting techniques while flying untethered!

This provides visitors with an up close look at the natural flying and hunting techniques of hawks, falcons, owls, eagles, kites and vultures showcasing their remarkable evolutionary adaptations.

Turkey vultures, unlike hawks and eagles, congregate in roosts every evening through the spring and summer. A popular roost site is near Old Main on the University of Wyoming campus where more ...

There are only two raptor genera today restricted to Australia, and both consist of only a single species: Hamirostra (the black-breasted buzzard) and Lophoictinia (the square-tailed kite). Primitive ...

New fossils reveal Australia was once home to a much greater diversity of huge eagles and vultures, which died off alongside ‘giant wombats’ and ‘marsupial lions’.