CHENNAI: Vulture population in Tamil Nadu and the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (NBR) continues to rise and it is an incredible comeback from the verge of extinction. On Friday, the state forest ...

These activities are implemented across 16 circles, 64 divisions, and 9 protected areas such ... is home to seven out of the nine vulture species found in India. These include four resident ...

Nine years on, Indian vulture declines have slowed, and in some regions their numbers have even begun to increase. But the population of the three hardest-hit species remains a small fraction of ...

The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...

In India, vultures are a "keystone species", said Science ... "declined by a dreadful 99.9%" between 1992 and 2007", said Bird Guides. Cattle bodies piled up around tanneries and fields "became ...

Owing to the dwindling population of various vulture species, the Indian government, in 2020, released the Action Plan for Vulture Conservation in India 2020-2025. The plan recommended the setting ...

Established in 2012 as India ... vultures. However, over the past four years, the birds have been consistently reproducing, a positive sign for the conservation of these endangered species.