The number of vultures has shot up from 30 in 2004 to over 900 in 2013: Survey

Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh today said the man-animal conflict could be avoided if awareness was spread among the people about the behaviour pattern, movement and habits of leopards.

BIKANER: A wild life conservator spotted a rare sight in Bikaner recently, a vulture chick. It belongs to the endangered long-billed vulture species.

Vultures are listed as specially protected animals in Zimbabwe under the sixth schedule of the Parks and Wildlife Act.

NAVI MUMBAI: Around 200 km south of Mumbai in the picturesque coastal town of Shrivardhan in Raigad district, a meticulous Vulture Conservation Centre is slowly but surely taking shape atop tall co

The Digboi College, Wildlife Trust of India and Aaranyak, together with Digboi Forest Division successfully released a Himalayan Griffon Vulture at Rajgarali Division of Bazaloni TE in Makum rec

The Himalayan griffon vulture, a threatened species was recently spotted in the Aravalis along Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, near Mangar Bani sacred grove.

Kangra district now has the highest population of Asian white-backed vulture in the country.

Gandhisagar Wildlife Sanctuary situated in Mandsaur and Neemach district of Madhya Pradesh has emerged as second best, Panna Tiger Reserve being the first, nesting site for critically endangered vu

Alarmed by the critically endangered status of vultures in the country, the forthcoming tiger census will also include the count of raptors from the respective States along with big cats.