Birds Andean condors can fly more than 100 miles without flapping their wings once, researchers reveal Once they reach the desired height, flying is relatively stress-free ...

The Andean condor is the world's heaviest soaring bird and can weigh up to 15kg The world's heaviest soaring bird flaps its wings just 1% of the time during flight, researchers have found. The ...

Gliding silently overhead, black wingtips spread like fingers against a blue Andean sky, a dozen condors drift down a few thousand feet from the thermals they had been riding, wanting a closer look.

In the Denver Zoo’s aviary, visitors can meet the playful Andean condors Evita and Andy. The enormous birds stand tall on top ...

Andean condors spent just 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, mostly during take-off. One bird studied covered more than 100 miles without flapping. Flight of the condor requires almost ...

Piña and his fellow researchers — Rayen Estrada Pachecoab, N. Luis Jácome, Vanesa Astore and Carlos E. Borghi — studied 301 birds treated or collected by the Andean Condor Rescue Center in ...

Talk about the path of least resistance. An observation from a recent study on flight habits of large birds followed an Andean condor that soared in the skies for 100 miles without having to flap ...

Guano that has accumulated in a cliffside Andean condor nest for 2,200 years reveals how the now-vulnerable birds responded to a changing environment. Skip to content Subscribe or renew today ...

Perhaps one of the most common birds heard and spotted across North America, Mourning Doves are often sighted near humans. Whether it’s in backyards by the bird feeder, perching on a fence, or walking ...

Tracy Aviary’s Andy N. Condor proved that you don’t have to be conventionally attractive to be beloved. The Andean condor, a South American vulture species, died Thursday at the age of 64 ...

Andean condor couple Lianni and Lurch are brooding a new egg after losing a chick — a rarity in captivity — last year at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side. Food is being brought ...