The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wildlife department.
Just two of 15 critically endangered bird species mentioned in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) latest list were sighted by birders in Goa in recent years, but now no lon
Even as conservation efforts at various levels continue to show hope for the future, the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature ( IUCN) Red List of Birds (2013) shows that fifteen bi
The first vulture conservation breeding centre in western India is set to come up in Thane district, with Maharashtra’s forest department recently clearing a proposal by the Bombay Natural History
The Centre is expanding its vulture conservation programme across eight centres to save the endangered species and arrest the steady decline of their population.
The move to emulate successful vulture breeding and rescue centre in Pinjore comes ahead of the ambitious plan to release these birds, bred in captivity, into the wild by 2016-17.
Presence of vultures in at least half a dozen areas has been recorded for the first time by naturalists in the Nilgiris North Forest Division and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) during a two-day
Agartala: Wildlife authority of Tripura will start captive breeding of vulture in Sepahijala wildlife sanctuary following steady decline of the bird species in the state over past few years.
During a research on migratory birds conducted by Chhattisgarh forest research and training institute, a rare and endangered species of white vulture was spotted at Sahaspur forest range of Kawardh
A team of surveyors from the state forest department and Wetlands International South Asia (WISA) has spotted several species of birds-including seven classified as endangered in National Chambal G
