The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...

Vultures have long evoked images of death, hovering over ailing animals and feeding off their rotting corpses. But the near extinction of the scavenger birds in India during the 1990s led to the ...

India has been proactive in sparrow conservation for over a decade, largely thanks to Dilawar’s leadership. Born and raised ...

A cattle painkiller introduced in the 1990s led to the unexpected crash of India's vulture populations, which still haven't recovered to their former glory. Some might have said 'good riddance' to ...

Notably, the project was announced in 2020 under India’s five-year action plan for vulture conservation by the Ministry of ...

From critically endangered vultures in India to the elusive saola in Vietnam, conservation efforts are showcasing significant ...

Madhya Pradesh is home to seven out of the nine vulture species found in India. These include four resident species, the Indian Long-billed Vulture, White-rumped Vulture, Egyptian Vulture ...

About 320 vultures, including long-billed vultures, are surviving in the southern part of India. (Shutterstock) Scattered across the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBS), one of the country’s largest ...

Conservationist Sacha Dench travels visits three different vulture species, each with an extraordinary story of persecution and survival. In India, vulture populations collapsed by 99.9% ...

Established in 2012 as India’s first vulture sanctuary, Ramadevara Betta initially saw no breeding activity among its resident vultures. However, over the past four years, the birds have been ...

The 2025 synchronised vulture population estimation, the third of its kind in the South Indian landscape since 2023, has yielded promising results, particularly in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary.