As many as 36 animal and plant species in Gujarat have been categorized as endangered by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest

NAVI MUMBAI: Amid the picturesque environs of Raigad district, vultures are flapping their wings as their numbers are slowing spiralling since 2001.

Cape Town - The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) and Eskom are probing the electrocution of approximately 49 endangered Cape vultures along power lines in the Eastern Cape town of Elliot at the week

Selebi Phikwe — Wildlife Botswana director, Dr Kabelo Senyatso, says vultures are on the verge of extinction.

It has dwindled despite restriction on the use of diclofenac

They are natural scavengers once abundantly found across Tamil Nadu but in the past three decades the introduction of an anti-inflammatory drug for cattle proved fatal for them.

Increasing vulture population is a good sign that the natural scavengers are returning to restore the long disturbed ecological balance.

In a bid to eradicate illegal rubbish dumping around Lima, Peruvian authorities are outfitting vultures with GPS tracking devices and GoPro cameras to monitor the city from above.

A total of 18 vultures were found dead during the last two days in Shuklaphanta Wildlife Reserve.

AHMEDABAD: Wildlife conservationists have recorded an extremely rare sighting -that of five species of the critically endangered vultures scavenging together at one single location -near Mahuva in