California condors are moving farther into the East Bay. Seven of the endangered birds flew north into Alameda and Contra Costa counties on a circuitous aerial tour on Aug. 18, the conservation group ...

The Yurok tribe says the condor died of lead poisoning after eating a bullet. The 18-month-old condor had only started flying in recent months. Officials say lead is a main threat to condors in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Call it one of those local-bird-makes-good stories: The first California condor to hatch at the Oregon Zoo’s conservation center just turned 20 years old in California's ...

A California condor known as Ney-gem’ ‘Ne-chweenkah’ – Yurok for “She carries our prayers” – has been flying to a particular spot deep inside Redwood National Park, near Klamath. Then she leaves and ...

The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe: The first egg produced by the free‑flying Pacific Northwest condor population appears to be unsuccessful based on an analysis of the birds’ ...

On Nov. 6, six captive-raised juvenile California condors will be released into the wild from the remote, rugged mountains above San Simeon. The new cohort (each about a year and a half old) arrived ...

A California condor chick rests in a clear container lined with paper at the L.A. Zoo. L.A. Zoo Weighing 17 to 25 pounds and possessing a wingspan of up to 9.5 feet, California condors are the largest ...

Topa Topa has contributed to the production of roughly 300 birds over his lifetime, with 94 flying free in the wild and another 100 in the recovery program as mentors or breeding condors.

Ventana Wildlife Society condor biologists Darren Gross and Kara Fadden attach tags to juvenile condors in preparation for their release into the wild in November 2024. Meredith Evans On Nov. 6, six ...