A California condor chick, rescued from a nest in a national park in Central California in May, is being cared for at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — and officials hope he can be released back to the ...

High above the peaks of South America’s Andes Mountains flies one of the largest birds on Earth. The Andean condor is a remarkable creature known for its enormous wingspan, incredible endurance, and ...

After coming back from the brink of extinction in the 1980s, the birds are still considered critically endangered.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early March last year, an endangered California condor — one of less than 350 ...

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is approving the emergency use of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine to prevent further deaths of the critically endangered California ...

A group of condors rip into the carcass of a calf at the top of a Colombian mountain which rises 4,200 meters above sea level. Their meal is a peace offering from local ranchers working to improve ...

A California condor chick rests in a clear container lined with paper at the L.A. Zoo. L.A. Zoo Weighing 17 to 25 pounds and possessing a wingspan of up to 9.5 feet, California condors are the largest ...

The stench of rotting calf carcasses hangs thick in the air, and bugs are buzzing about, attracted by the carrion laid out to lure seven California condors in from the wild. From the Big Sur coast, it ...

At least seven deceased California condors from a northern Arizona population were infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza this spring, the Oregon Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory at Oregon ...