A long-term study found major declines in South Africa's raptors, with half of species seeing steep population drops.

In the vast golden grasslands of sub-Saharan Africa, the secretary bird makes an unforgettable sight — long-legged, crested, and stalking the savanna with deliberate, high-stepping precision. Famous ...

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A comprehensive study has revealed substantial declines in many of South Africa's birds of prey (raptors) over the past 16 ...

The authors concluded that as a group, Africa's diurnal raptors — those active during the day like eagles — "are facing an extinction crisis, with more than two-thirds of the species examined ...

MOMBASA – Africa's migratory birds are threatened by changing weather patterns in the center and east of the continent that have depleted natural water systems and caused a devastating drought. Hotter ...

The announcement of a new transboundary birding route has catapulted southern Africa to the forefront of international ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African raptors that hunt during the day face an extinction crisis, with populations decreasing among dozens of species of birds ...

Ornithologists and animal researchers have recently identified and named two new bird species in Tanzania, a laborious task that required the use of museum specimens collected half a century ago.

Repeated road counts across South Africa show that half of the country’s surveyed raptor and large terrestrial bird species ...

Africa's migratory birds are threatened by changing weather patterns in the center and east of the continent that have depleted natural water systems and caused a devastating drought. Roughly 10% of ...