Predators
Southern African vultures subject to poisonings, extinction
Certain species of vultures are critically endangered in southern Africa. Recently, some mass killings of vultures in Botswana and South Africa have led to concern over the vulture population. But conservationists are working to increase their numbers.
There’s Bears In Them Woods
New England’s settlers and farmers exterminated black bears from all but the most remote northern woods areas long ago. But after a century, New England’s bears are coming back; and that means more encounters between people and one of the most feared animals on the continent. In this report, Living on Earth contributor Sy Montgomery […]