A vendor in Durban, South Africa, proffers vulture heads for sale as muti—traditional medicine. Dried and smoked, vulture brains are also thought to provide visions of the future. The birds ...

By Sean Mowbray In July this year, conservationists from North Carolina Zoo in the U.S. and the Grumeti Fund in Tanzania went ...

Vultures proving their importance in the ecosystem by stripping an impala to bare bones in minutes, this stops flies from breeding and reduces the spread of disease. all five South African Vulture ...

Vultures are crucial for a healthy ecosystem. They prevent disease outbreaks by consuming animal carcasses. Many vulture ...

Eswatini is home to five species of vultures, all of which are classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN ...

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The white-backed vulture is the most common and widespread vulture in sub-Saharan Africa. It is recognizable by its dark-brown face, long, white neck, and of course, a white backside that can only ...

It is one fought quietly by some of nature's most misunderstood creatures -- vultures. According to BirdLife International, a conservation lobby, seven out of eleven African vultures face ...

"Many are under threat from pesticide poisoning around the world which is why we support the charity TUSK and its Vulture Conservation Project (VULPRO) across South Africa," Mr Beasley said.

The first vulture safety zone in the region has been opened in South Africa in an effort to protect the birds whose population is declining as a result of poisoning. The vulture safety zone will ...

While vulture fund practices originated in South America, the method has increasingly ... When it was clear that a lion's share of aid to Africa was falling into vulture funds' claws, some ...