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 ...

Soar the Andean canyons with these enormous vultures, one of Earth’s largest birds. Learn about this at-risk species that can live up to 75 years.

Lianni, the aviary's 38-year-old Andean Condor, laid the egg on April 5 and it hatched on June 7. The chick is only one of three Andean Condors to hatch in North American zoos in the past year ...

An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird.

Instead of "fly like an eagle," perhaps it should be "fly like a condor." A newly published study notes that Andean condors are able to fly more than 100 miles without flapping their wings once ...

The National Aviary’s Andean condor webcam is activated and the watch is on as an egg is expected to hatch within the next month. Andean condors are the world’s largest flying bird with a 10 ...

A rare Andean Condor chick, a downy, grey-white baby bird the size of a grapefruit, hatched Friday at the National Aviary. This is the first Andean Condor chick to hatch at the National Aviary ...