That analysis considered not just rabies, but all human deaths related to the loss of vultures — including those from water contaminated by cattle carcasses. Researchers estimated that India suffered, ...

Carcasses have been poisoned specifically to eliminate vultures, whose overhead circling might otherwise reveal the poachers' illicit activities. A team of researchers have warned that African ...

BNHS will release six critically endangered vultures in Assam in January 2026, marking a significant conservation milestone.

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On the first Saturday of September every year, the world celebrates International Vulture Awareness Day to raise awareness about the plight of vultures. These magnificent birds are staring at a bleak ...

Human hunting, not climate change, played a decisive role in the extinction of large mammals over the last 50,000 years. This conclusion comes from researchers who reviewed over 300 scientific ...

Well-preserved fossils of ancient large reptiles called pterosaurs have revealed that some species flew by flapping their wings, while others soared like vultures, according to a new study. Pterosaurs ...

A new Tel Aviv University study, the first of its kind, has revealed that vultures, much like humans, experience changes in movement habits and social relationships as they age. Young vultures ...

Researchers predict that 12.7% of marine teleost fish species are at risk of extinction, up fivefold from the International Union for Conservation of Nature's prior estimate of 2.5%. Their report ...