Despite its massive wings, the Andean condor isn’t a heavy bird, weighing between 7 to 15 kilograms (15 to 33 pounds).But what it lacks in bulk, it makes up for in endurance—this scavenger can ...

This bird is the Andean condor, ... With more than three metres of wingspan, the Andean condor marks its territory and lives in what was the Inca civilisation in South America.

When it comes to nature’s pecking order, the strongest animals usually get to eat first. The powerful golden eagle, with its ...

The spring morning is cool and bright in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park in Baja California, Mexico, as a bird takes to the skies. Its 9.8-foot wingspan casts a looming silhouette ...

All of the chicks will be candidates for release into the wild as part of the California Condor Recovery Program, under the ...

Each bird, including wild-hatched individuals, is tagged with a unique number and colour combination and tracked with a radio transmitter. Threats to California condors. It’s been almost 50 years ...

California Condor: It weighs about 14 kg and has a wingspan of more than nine feet. Golden Eagle: It is Mexico’s national bird with a wingspan measuring 7.5 feet.

Adults can have a wingspan of up to three metres, making them the largest land bird in North America. As America’s population grew in the 19th and 20th centuries, the birds’ numbers plummeted.

A bird with a 10ft (3m) wingspan which went missing during a display in Kent has been found safe and well. The 30-year-old male condor, called Tiny, flew off into a field of 6ft (2m) crops during a ...

Last year, Sorenson says, signals from condor #199, a younger bird, showed that it visited the Big Sur Cove four or five times a week. It may have learned from other condors that it was a good ...