In early 1990s, the patent on a painkiller called diclofenac lifted, making it cheap and widely available for India's massive agricultural sector. Farmers use it to treat a wide array of conditions in ...

In recent decades, the vulture population in India has collapsed. Since the mid-1990s, populations of several species of the big carrion-eating birds have decreased by up to 99.9%. A study reveals ...

Johnson traveled to Bikaner, Hyderabad and Bangalore to report this story. This reporting was supported by the Pulitzer Center....more Johnson traveled to Bikaner, Hyderabad and Bangalore to report ...

It turns out the bearded vulture—also called the quebrantahuesos, or bonebreaker—isn’t just a carrion scavenger. It’s also a keen collector of human ephemera. This habit has given researchers in ...