The world's largest ever bird revealed: 'Condor' with a 24-FOOT wingspan soared across the skies 28 million years ago. Pelagornis sandersi was so heavy it could get off the ground by taking a ...

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 ...

Pelagornis sandersi had an estimated wingspan of around 21 feet, about the height of a giraffe. At bottom left is a California condor, and at bottom right is a Royal albatross. What may be the ...

A Connecticut paleontologist has identified the earth’s largest-ever flying bird. The Pelagornis sandersi, which lived 25 to 28 million years ago, boasted a wingspan of 20 to 24 feet – twice ...

Like any good bird-lover, Gabriel Gottfried knew what to do when he spied the huge creature perched on a tree branch outside his Topanga Canyon home. Large bird, small boy, big news - Los Angeles ...

The wandering albatross, a magnificent seabird that navigates the ocean winds and can glide almost endlessly over the water, boasts the biggest wingspan of any bird alive today, extending almost ...

They have a 9 foot wingspan and a bald, orange pumpkin like head. They are North America's biggest bird. They have long white triangles that look like they've been painted down the underside of ...

A live California condor, the largest flying bird in North America and one that has been brought back from the brink of extinction, will make an appearance at the Santa Monica Mountains’ Bird ...

In 1982, there were only 22 condors, which have a wingspan of 9.5 feet, in the wild, according to Steve Kirkland, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. By 1984, the breeding ...