Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by Undark. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Early March last year, an endangered California condor — one of less than 350 ...

The California condor is facing the deadliest strain of avian influenza in U.S. history, and the outbreak could jeopardize the iconic vulture with its 10-foot wingspan decades after conservationists ...

PHOENIX — Conservationists in Arizona are set to take a big step forward in their efforts to save the California condor, a critically endangered species. It might be more accurate to stay “a big ...

California condors are nesting in the Pacific Northwest for the first time in 100 years, a direct result of a reintroduction ...

We meet a few of the many people who are out to save the California condor, including a man who turned from crime to condors and a life mission to remove killer lead from this magnificent bird’s ...

A group of condors rip into the carcass of a calf at the top of a Colombian mountain which rises 4,200 meters above sea level. Their meal is a peace offering from local ranchers working to improve ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is approving the emergency use of a highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) vaccine to prevent further deaths of the critically endangered California ...

A viral video viewed by millions keeps being reposted, with social media users claiming it shows a mythical Garuda bird flying in Indonesia—however, the bird is actually just a condor. The video has ...

Historically, the California condor soared across the western skies of North America. But by the 1980s, the bird was on the edge of extinction — just 22 remained. Thanks to decades of conservation ...