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This story was published Wednesday April 30, 2025. For centuries, the California condor was a prevalent species across North America. The large scavengers, which feature a nearly 10-foot wingspan, ...

Filmed at Big Sur, California, this astonishing clip shows a huge condor taking flight from a high cliff without even flapping its wings! Thanks to a phenomenon called orographic uplift, the airflow ...

These days, carnivorous birds like endangered California condors and animals like tigers are enjoying a higher grade of beef at mealtime at the San Diego Zoo and San Diego Safari Park. Zoo officials ...

Biologists treat sick and injured condors in a remote "hospital" in northern Arizona. The birds also receive vaccines to fight the avian flu. The condors ingest lead ammunition when they eat animal ...

A California condor hatched and raised at the Los Angeles Zoo has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild, a Northern California native tribe has announced. The young ...

Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, is back in the headlines as the viral disease has infected more than 13,000 wild birds in the United States in the past year, according to the Centers for ...