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

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

In recent decades, the vulture population in India has collapsed. Since the mid-1990s, populations of several species of the big carrion-eating birds have decreased by up to 99.9%. A study reveals ...

A new study links the vulture decline in India to deadly bacteria spread, causing about 500,000 deaths.

7 rare vulture species you might not know aboutIndian vulture: It is a bird of prey native to the Indian subcontinent. It is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2002.

A new study links the vulture decline in India to deadly bacteria spread, causing about 500,000 deaths.

The vulture breeding programme, focused on three Gyps species of vultures, aims to have 600 pairs of each of the three species to form a viable population.

Vultures were once ubiquitous across the country with a population that may have exceeded 50 million birds. But by the second half of 1990 decade, the number of Indian vultures in the wild fell by ...

A recent study shows that top scavengers, like hyenas, can be beneficial for human health. But the same study reveals that scavenger populations are declining and could mean more disease for humans.

The near-extinction of Indian vultures in the mid-1990s proved fatal for humans too, causing the mortality rate to rise by 4% in districts once populated by the birds.