Vulture populations in Southern Africa are dwindling, yet the birds could bring large economic benefits to the region, according to a recent report by the NGO BirdLife. Assessing the “value” of ...

For centuries, hooded vultures in West Africa have lived in close association with people in towns and cities. The vultures’ dependence on scraps thrown out has grown in line with the overhunting of ...

FILE - A pair of Cape vultures is seen in their enclosure at the Vulture Programme at Boekenhoutkloof near Hartbeespoort Dam, South Africa, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell, File) ...

Vultures have an image problem. Seen as ugly and associated with death, they are among the least loved animals in the world. Conservationists in Africa are trying to change that. CAPE TOWN, South ...

Cites CoP20 delivers major outcomes for international bird conservation, strengthening protections for hornbills, vultures and threatened songbird species worldwide.

MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) — Five vultures that were rescued and rehabilitated by a conservation group have been released back into the wild on a mountain range in South Africa. Two of the Cape ...

A helicopter survey in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, found the region’s first sighting of a critically endangered species, photos show. Photo from Wildlife ACT Watching out the windows of a helicopter ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Vultures have an image problem. Seen as ugly and associated with death, they are among the least loved animals in the world. Conservationists in Africa are trying to change ...