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 ...

A trio of some of the most endangered birds in the world were relocated from their home in the Vermillion Cliffs of Arizona ...

We meet a few of the many people who are out to save the California condor, including a man who turned from crime to condors and a life mission to remove killer lead from this magnificent bird’s ...

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

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 ...

Some effects of Arizona's Dragon Bravo Fire are clear, but what's happened to wildlife may not be known until the flames die ...

Feathered friends bring many benefits to our outdoor space, but the types of birds you might see in your backyard will depend ...