Condor recovery programs, however, have made the birds reliant on humans for food free of contamination from lead ammunition. Condors released into the wild must be frequently trapped, then tested ...

Soar the Andean canyons with these enormous vultures, one of Earth’s largest birds. Learn about this at-risk species that can ...

The Andean condor can be found in the Andes mountains and is the largest flying bird in the world. Even though it is not mythical like the Garuda, the birds are rare in South America.

Jose A. Benzaquen Perea, Ambassador of Peru to Qatar There is a bird of unique greatness that lives in the Andean mountains of South America and it is characterised by its majesty in its flight at ...

BIG SUR, Calif. — A solar-powered "condor cam" in the hills of Big Sur, on the Central California coast, allows the public to view North America's largest birds from the comfort of home.

The evacuated birds were taken to another condor site at the Pinnacles National Monument, where they will be released later this year. The group says it hopes three condor chicks that had been ...

The California condor is the largest flying bird in North America, with wings that spread 9.5 feet tip to tip as it soars at speeds up to 50 mph thousands of feet above the earth. “Seeing a ...

The baby bird is a living rebuttal to criticisms that California's condor breeding program is never sustainable -- that it's just an expensive, ongoing and futile battle to sustain a dying species.

A live California condor, the largest flying bird in North America and one that has been brought back from the brink of extinction, will make an appearance at the Santa Monica Mountains’ Bird ...

He was found dazed in a mountain bush in 1967, hanging upside down with an injured wing and smelling like rotten fish — a rare male California condor, a member of a nearly extinct species. He ...