A recent report estimated that vultures are worth $1.8 billion a year to certain ecosystems in southern Africa. Here's why.

Eurasian Griffon vulture was rescued by locals in Satna after collapsing from dehydration. He was nursed back to health at ...

The often-shunned vultures play a crucial role in disease prevention and ecological cleanup, but their declining population ...

Neal is a graduate of Boston University. Researchers are listening for critically endangered North Atlantic right whales off the coast of Massachusetts with the help of two new buoys in the water.

The births are a cause of celebration as this marks the first time in the zoo’s 150-year-plus history that a critically endangered Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise (Chelonoidis porteri ...

The Berks County commissioners on Thursday adopted an agreement with the federal Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspections Service for the safe removal of black vultures from ...

CHENNAI, India (AP) — For nearly four decades, residents in southern India's coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...