New research shows that the Andean condor is capable of soaring more than 100 mi (160 km) without flapping its wings. The research, led by Professor Emily Shepard of Swansea University and Dr. Sergio ...

WASHINGTON — A new study sheds light on just how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for hours without flapping its wings. The Andean condor has a wingspan ...

Chile faces challenges for endangered Andean condors conservation, in Santiago SANTIAGO (Reuters) - An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a ...

A new Andean condor has arrived at the National Aviary, with the hope that he'll play a role in conserving the species. The National Aviary on Wednesday introduced Chavín. Born in 1986, Chavín ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The ABQ BioPark celebrated a special day: Hector the Andean condor’s 38th birthday. According to the zoo, Andean condors are native to South America and are one of the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A bird that's critically endangered in Ecuador hatched at the National Aviary. Lianni, the aviary's 38-year-old Andean Condor, laid the egg on April 5 and it hatched on June 7. The ...

Andean condors are critically endangered in Ecuador, according to the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. So aviary officials are understandably excited about the birth of a chick there on June 7. The ...

Andean condors are big birds! So, when one decides they want your popsicle, the best thing you can do is let them have it. In this extraordinary clip, an Andean condor in an animal park is on a ...

For over 2,000 years, Andean condors have been nesting — and pooping — in the same cliffside grotto high in the Andes. This gargantuan pile of guano is now providing an unprecedented peek deep into ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Strapping a giant condor to the back of a raging bull is a central part of an Andean festival celebrated in Peru but some people worried about the endangered vulture's future say it ...