"We estimate that the population in Kruger, a big area about the size of Wales ... to safeguard individual nests sites." Of the 23 species of vultures, over half are considered either Threatened ...

Dried and smoked, vulture brains are also thought to provide visions of the future. The birds’ own prospects are bleak. Six of eight species in the country are endangered. Still, the biggest ...

Today, the combined population of the Indian subcontinent’s three most affected vulture species hovers around a mere 20,000. The mystery of the vulture’s decline perplexed scientists for years.

A new assessment highlights an increased extinction risk among some of the continent’s vulture species. “Vultures and other birds play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems,” said Simon ...

Currently, seven out of 11 vulture species are on the verge of extinction ... while poisoning is the biggest threat to vultures in Africa, vultures are also threatened by belief-based use that ...

The decline of vultures in India is the fastest ever recorded for a bird species and the largest since the passenger pigeon’s extinction in the US, according to researchers. India’s remaining ...