The most widespread vulture in North America, the turkey vulture ... is relatively long. The black vulture has a quicker, shallow flap, shorter tail, and obvious white patches at the base of ...

The big black birds, with their 5-foot wingspan tipped in white, usually begin soaring ... fields and golf courses. Turkey vultures, cousins of black vultures, are more efficient fliers with ...

U.S. populations of both turkey and black vultures also plummeted during the 20th century, but they’ve rebounded since the 1970s when the use of DDT was discontinued — the chemical pesticide had led ...

She learned about turkey vultures and other pieces ... noted that Mesoamerican cultures appreciated how vultures "turn the ...

Vultures play a critical role in the environment, cleaning up carcasses and acting as nature’s garbagemen. However, black vultures (Cathartes aura) are unique among New World vultures in that they are ...