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Within ten days, 225 vultures were killed in two separate mass poisoning events just 16 miles apart in South Africa. Mass vulture poisonings have sadly become increasingly common across Africa, with vulture...

In rural Mexico in the late 1990s, a chance viewing of a documentary featuring our founder Tom Cade would change the life of a 14-year-old boy. Inspired to become a raptor biologist, Julio Gallardo has...

Our California Condor team in Arizona celebrated two momentous condor birthdays in May and is monitoring seven active nests in the wild population. Meanwhile, up in Boise, our propagation team experienced a...

We’re beyond excited to announce that our Madagascar Program Director, Dr. Lily-Arison Rene de Roland, has been selected as the 2025 winner of the Indianapolis Prize, the world's leading award for animal...

In March 2025, two of our staff members traveled to Bolivia to attend and present at the 5th Andean Condor Conference and the 1st Symposium on Vultures of the Americas. The conference united experts from...

There’s a new featherless face at the World Center for Birds of Prey! We’re excited to announce the arrival of our newest avian ambassador: a two-year-old male Egyptian Vulture named Ramses. But he’s only...

A new publication, co-authored by Northeast Africa Program Director Dr. Darcy Ogada, is the first habitat suitability assessment for the Hooded Vulture in The Gambia, one of the last strongholds for the...

Exposure to pesticides and other toxicants is one of the leading threats to raptors worldwide. A new collaborative publication, led by The Peregrine Fund’s Senior Scientist Dr. Ralph Buij, examines raptor...

Our Executive Vice President of Science and Conservation Dr. Christopher McClure has been busy leading the creation of a new book: State of the World’s Raptors. This groundbreaking book provides an...

As a volunteer with our Puerto Rico Project in 2021, Isamar Flores Rodríguez made a strong impression on our team—and vice versa. She became a paid seasonal technician for the 2022 season and a full-time...