Having three adults in the nest frees up one of the birds “to kind of maintain the social status within the social hierarchy ...

which covers more than 270,000 contiguous acres in California, show that this area is critical to the condor's survival and recovery. This map also shows where planned developments would be located in ...

Lead poisoning is the single biggest threat to condors and responsible for around half of all mortalities. A record high 21 endangered California condors were treated at the Los Angeles Zoo and ...

A California condor hatched and raised at the Los Angeles Zoo has died from lead poisoning just months after being released ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Endangered California condors are part of a recovery programme that aims to release them into the wild. Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the ...

California Condors, among other bird species — woodpeckers, scrub jays, raptors, et al — engage in the noteworthy concept of “cooperative breeding,” when three individuals help to raise a ...