The Andean condor is the world's biggest bird of prey, which can weigh up to 15 kg and has a wingspan of up to 3.3 meters.

BOISE, Idaho — A milestone in the effort to save a species: In May of 2020 biologists with the Peregrine Fund trapped and tagged the 1,000th California Condor hatched since the recovery program ...

The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe: On Tuesday, July 12, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) will attempt to release a fourth California condor (prey-go-neesh ...

The critically endangered California condor has been absent from Northern California redwood forests for over a century – until Tuesday, when the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks ...

BOISE, Idaho — Vultures may not be the prettiest birds, but the role they play in the environment more than makes up for their looks. Saturday marked International Vulture Awareness Day, and the World ...

The first California condor to reach Yurok ancestral land in over a century arrived by plane and car in late March of 2022. The small plane that carried Condor 746 had a rough landing, and the bird ...

A wildfire burning through remote terrain in Big Sur has destroyed pens, a research building and other facilities used to release California condors for the past 23 years, and 14 condors remain ...

The Northern California Condor Restoration Program has announced eight more condors will join the program’s flock, after arriving at the program’s facility Thursday. According to a Facebook post from ...

RALEIGH, N.C. --If you see a condor in North Carolina, don’t be alarmed. That’s just Niko Mikkola. Earning his avian nickname due to, among other things, his impressive size and wingspan, the Panthers ...