Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble—a study analyzes data from 16 years of road counts

Birds of prey and vultures (raptors) play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, ...
Courthouse News Service

Africa's large birds of prey facing 'extinction crisis': Study

The authors concluded that as a group, Africa's diurnal raptors — those active during the day like eagles — "are facing an extinction crisis, with more than two-thirds of the species examined ...
The New York Times

Africa’s Birds of Prey Are in Decline, a New Study Finds

Numbers have dropped, in some cases sharply, for nearly all of the 42 raptor species surveyed in sub-Saharan regions. By Rachel Nuwer Silhouettes of patrolling raptors filled skies throughout Africa ...
KBIA

Wildlife rehabilitators on high alert as birds of prey die from avian influenza

Inside the raptor hospital at the World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park, veterinary supplies for treating birds of prey fill the building. In an exam room, a wall is stocked with various sizes of ...
Beyond Pesticides

Organic Farming Shown to Reduce Pesticide Load in Bird of Prey Species

(Beyond Pesticides, May 10, 2024) A study published by scientists in France from La Rochelle University’s Chizé Center for Biological Studies, in collaboration with the University of Strasbourg and ...
Lehigh Valley Live

Why this bird of prey in decline is thriving at a Pennsylvania landfill (PHOTOS)

There was some mild screeching as Adrienne Fors and Kevin Kelly handled American kestrels born just this year in bird boxes on the grounds of a Northampton County landfill. Kelly, who works at the ...
Post and Courier

For Center for Birds of Prey employees, 'this is not just a job, it's a lifestyle'

At the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition, animals share a huge national spotlight. Since the mid-1990s, the Center for Birds of Prey has shown the talent, skill and majesty of predator birds and touted ...

Britain’s largest bird of prey to return to Southern England’s skies

Britain’s largest bird of prey to return to Exmoor skies despite farmer’s concerns - White-tailed eagles will be reintroduced ...

First owl chicks recorded at nature reserve

Tawny owl chicks have been recorded at a Hampshire nature reserve for the first time. The four birds were discovered inside a ...
The Hereford Times

Sparrowhawk bird of prey photographed in Herefordshire

Sparrowhawk, an amber-listed bird of prey, spotted in Herefordshire. Conservation concern as UK sparrowhawk numbers fall 25 ...

Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble – study analyses data from 16 years of road counts

In our recent study, we took advantage of data that was collected by one dedicated fieldworker, Ronelle Visagie, who drove ...
AllAfrica on MSN

Birds of prey in South Africa are in trouble - a study analyses data from 16 years of road counts

Birds of prey and vultures (raptors) play a vital role in ecosystems, both as top predators and key scavengers. However, compared to many other bird species, raptor populations are declining faster.