A cherished icon of the West, the prehistoric-looking California condor remains one of the world's most endangered species. North America's largest avian narrowly escaped extinction in the mid-1980s ...

Not all that long ago, the California condor was widely regarded as one of the nation's leading candidates for extinction. Today, thanks to captive breeding and reintroductions in the wild ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock, as nine wild chicks fledged from their parents’ nests, “the highest number of chicks (to fledge) in the program ...

Researchers evaluated the safety and immune response of a poultry-derived H5N1 avian influenza vaccine in black vultures and ...

It’s another promising year to save critically endangered species, the Oregon said, after the first two California condor chicks of 2025 hatched last week. We're told the chicks are healthy and ...

Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the California Condor Recovery Program after the species almost went extinct in the 80s. Now every condor chick born ...

Between 2001 and 2023, of the 52 nesting condor pairs identified in the Central California flock (Big Sur, San Simeon and Pinnacles) five were “trios.” Four of those trios consisted of two ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The first two fluffy California condor chicks of 2025 hatched last week at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, kicking off another promising year ...

A cherished icon of the West, the prehistoric-looking California condor remains one of the world's most endangered species. North America's largest avian narrowly escaped extinction in the mid-1980s ...