By its simplest definition, a vulture is a bird of prey that feeds on carrion, which is the meat of dead animals. The media ...

Wildlife forensics is using DNA to link poachers to endangered animals, transforming conservation efforts and courtroom ...

Vultures are a large bird with wide wings of prey known for scavenging on carrion (dead animals). They belong to a scientific group of birds called Cathartidae, a Greek word for purifier. Though not ...

Large scavengers like vultures and hyenas do an important job in protecting human health. But studies show these creatures ...

Conservationists have released five vultures back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa after they were rescued ...

New research reveals an innovative wildlife forensics method that uses advanced genetic tools and local DNA databases to help authorities solve complex environmental crimes involving multiple species.

To date, the station has rescued and sheltered 211 animals across 36 species, including snow leopard, Chinese desert cat, ...

“Turkey vultures have evolved to have the most finely-attuned sense of smell among nearly all birds, which has also allowed them to be the most ubiquitous of all the 23 vulture species in the ...

On a May morning in Pokhara, Nepal’s tourist town in the lap of the world-famous Annapurna range, 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal ...

Many vulture species are endangered in Africa because of poisoning and other threats to them. The affected birds in Kruger included Cape vultures, endangered lappet-faced vultures and critically ...

South African National Parks recorded one of the largest vulture poisoning events in Southern Africa on 6 May 2025. A total ...