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 ...

The nest, discovered in the Peruvian Andes, is only the fourth ever recorded in Peru, according to researchers.

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

As he recorded the bird's fruitless assault on the window, he realized perhaps the answer was within his grasp, and so off to Google he went. He found that in a bid to mitigate the distressing ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Call it one of those local-bird-makes-good stories: The first California condor to hatch at the Oregon Zoo’s conservation center just turned 20 years old in California's ...

CBS News Los Angeles Live. The Los Angeles Zoo is making strides in saving the California condor, America's largest flying bird, from extinction. The zoo capped off its 2024 condor breeding season ...

A design modification inspired by the wings of the Andean condor could increase the energy generated by wind turbines. Various bird species have upturned tips on the end of their wings, which help ...

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 ...

After Last Year’s Deadly Fires, the California Condor Soars Once Again A colossus of the sky, the bird of prey was nearly gone when biologists rescued it from extinction.

The bird was 18 months old and the youngest of his 18 bird flock. It had been in the wild for just over three months. Pey-noh-pey-o-wok was bred and hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo.