Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

California condors are so iconic that when I finally saw one in person, it felt a bit like meeting a movie star. Condors were one of 78 species listed on the original endangered species list in 1967.

The majestically macabre California condor is the largest bird in North America, Mother Nature’s critically endangered cleanup crew, and a miracle conservation success story. After making a ...

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.

These birds are already compromised because of the lead exposure, she says. “That’s not what you want when they’re interacting with a virus on the landscape.” Condor conservationists feared the ...

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 ...

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.

When you think of animals that build nests, your mind likely travels to birds. However, while it is true that birds are one ...