If you have ever seen a large black bird soaring unsteadily in circles over a highway or farmland, there is a good chance that it is a turkey vulture. These extraordinary birds with red faces are...
Category: Birds
You might think that birds and reptiles couldn't be further different from each other, not when you compare an alligator lazily sunning itself in Florida against a small songbird feeding in your...
The vulture has long had a bad reputation as an omen of death and carriers of disease. Media depictions and stereotypes prevail and stop us from seeing the bigger picture with these animals. Vultures...
Crows don't get the same level of affection as some of the songbirds in our gardens, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be one of your favorite garden birds. Crows are highly intelligent and...
The word carnivore tends to evoke large predators like big cats and wolves hunting their prey and feasting on the remains. We see them as strong, powerful meat-eaters stalking their prey or hunting...
Whether a bird is an animal should be an easy question to answer when looking at these creatures' physiological complexity, behaviors, and life cycles. Yet, we often question whether these winged...