Breeding the Gyps himalayensis atGuwahati was a daunting task as, in nature, the species breeds in snow-clad mountains Researchers have recorded the first instance of captive breeding of the Himalayan ...

After its catastrophic decline, the vulture population seems to be slowly stabilising in various parts of this region. Several species of vulture, considered to be on the verge of extinction in India, ...

A Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) was rescued from Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh yesterday. The bird listed as "near threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has ...

The new international airport in Nepal’s tourism capital of Pokhara lies close to prime vulture sites, raising risks for the already severely threatened birds. But 40-year-old Hemanta Dhakal keeps ...

“They circled over the Pala Rapu cliff for sometime before settling down atop a ledge near the top,” recalled an excited M. Ravikanth, field biologist, of the December 24 afternoon when he noted a ...

Nagpur: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) researchers have recorded the first instance of successful captive breeding of the Himalayan vulture (Gyps himalayensis) in India at the Assam State ...

Forest officials take a carcass of a wild elephant back into the WWS forests to be left for scavengers to feed on “We are now leaving the carcass of wild animals in the forest itself as they ...

Jodhpur has witnessed a rapid decline in the number of vultures in the last decade. Nine years of research has revealed that a number species of vultures are migrating to other areas because of the ...