"Africa is at a crossroads in terms of saving its magnificent birds of prey," Dr. Darcy Ogada, one of the study's authors, said in a press release.

The extent of the losses was “shocking,” Dr. Ogada said. They included an estimated 85 percent decline in secretary birds and a 90 percent decline in martial eagles, one of the world’s ...

Vultures and other scavenging birds, says Darcy Ogada, assistant director of Africa programs at the Peregrine Fund, “are the most threatened avian functional group in the world. ...

Here, vultures are the unintentional victims of poisoning aimed at killing large predators, such as lions, says Darcy Ogada, Africa director of the Peregrine Fund, a non-profit that protects ...

As National Geographic Explorer Darcy Ogada points out, "Vultures definitely have an image problem." But these unloved birds serve as "nature's cleaners, hoovering up rotting carcasses and ...

While vultures are not cute and cuddly, they are one of nature's most important scavengers—a flock can strip a carcass in a matter of minutes, said study leader Darcy Ogada, assistant director ...

Darcy Ogada. Some birds thought not to be vulnerable to extinction now are, the study found. For instance, African hawk-eagles (Aquila spilogaster), currently listed by the International Union for ...

Roadside surveys “Species you should see every other day – they’re just not there,” Darcy Ogada, assistant director of African programmes for the Peregrine Fund and the study's lead author ...

Led by Phil Shaw from the School of Biology at the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland, and Darcy Ogada of The Peregrine Fund, the researchers measured changes in the abundance of 42 species of ...

Here, vultures are the unintentional victims of poisoning aimed at killing large predators, such as lions, says Darcy Ogada, Africa director of the Peregrine Fund, a non-profit that protects ...