Two U.S. national parks are grappling with urgent wildlife incidents while scientists warn of broader ecological risks. Rangers in the Smokies are investigating the illegal dumping of 33 protected ...
EMINENCE, Ky. — Allan Bryant scans the sky as he watches over a minutes-old calf huddled under a tree line with its mother. After a few failed tries, the calf stands on wobbly legs for the first time, ...
“Rangers identified that 33 black vultures had been dumped. Black vultures are a federally protected species under the ...
Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza is killing black vultures at alarming rates across the southeastern United States, with a new University of Georgia study finding that more than four out of ...
Illinois Farm Bureau secured statewide black vulture depredation permits through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through ...
A recent study found that four out of five black vultures in Georgia died from avian flu between 2022 and 2023. The virus spreads easily among vultures due to their social behaviors like communal ...
More than four out of every five dead black vultures examined by University of Georgia researchers tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, according to a new study published in Nature’s ...