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 ...

Chennai: Written off as a dying species, vultures are making a comeback. For years, their numbers dwindled, pushed by habitat ...

Hyderabad: With Nehru Zoological Park's vultures aging and unable to reproduce, the zoo has launched a vulture breeding programme to conserve these endangered birds. The initiative currently ...

Instead the birds are a signal of hope for the species and a return to their vital ... but in fact that this is a major threat all vultures are facing in the country.” There is nowhere safe ...

However, black vultures also hunt. Among its targets are newborn cattle, goats and sheep. The species is found in North and South America and is listed by the International Union for Conservation ...