From the mighty Andean condor to the record-breaking wandering albatross, let’s dive into the world of the largest flying birds—both today and throughout history. If there’s a bird that ...

A young California condor from the L.A. Zoo had been flying freely for only three months when he died after ingesting a lead ...

open image in gallery A photo of Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, a California condor that died after ingesting a lead pellet (Yurok Tribe) The bird was 18 ... As the biggest threat to condors, lead is ...

With each scan, he meticulously looks for metal fragments that could be slowly poisoning the bird from the inside. The condor has likely ingested lead bullet fragments embedded in the remains of a ...

Tragedy struck the Yurok tribe’s condor restoration efforts when one ... released from the Los Angeles Zoo into the wild. The bird, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok, had been flying freely for only three ...