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Across Africa, vultures face a poisoning crisis that is pushing several species toward extinction. Getting to a poisoning site within hours can mean the difference between a contained event and a...

This past March, a team of researchers including members of our Madagascar team returned to the Alley of the Baobabs with hopes to place at least 11 GPS transmitters on wintering Sooty Falcons—but almost...

You can’t protect what you can’t measure. Across much of Africa, the data needed to guide bird conservation is in short supply—and a new publication in Bird Conservation International, co-authored by our...

The White-backed Vulture may be the most abundant vulture species on the African savanna, but abundance does not mean security. The species was uplisted to Critically Endangered a decade ago, and a new...

Last month, our Madagascar Program Director, Dr. Lily-Arison René de Roland, received a national certificate of recognition from the President of Madagascar, just months after winning the 2025 Indianapolis...

Each fall, Sooty Falcons leave their breeding grounds in the deserts of northern Africa and the Middle East to spend their winter in Madagascar. But how many make this incredible migration, and where...

In December, The Peregrine Fund team traveled to the African country of Rwanda in a groundbreaking effort to protect Critically Endangered Hooded Vultures. Read on to learn what makes vulture conservation...

Loukman Kalavah joined TPF almost by chance, when his work at a Madagascar field site in 1993 caught the eye of one of our staff and earned him a job offer. He’s been with us ever since. Hear his thoughts...

It’s been a while since we’ve reported on our Northeast Africa Program, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t been hard at work! Our team has checked in with a report on their activities in 2025, which...

Rüppell’s Vultures are a tricky species to study, nesting on remote cliffs across a dozen countries. But an ambitious new study attempts to remotely identify potential nesting colonies across seven...