Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MARBLE CANYON — A 6-year-old California condor hopped from an open crate and trotted a half-dozen steps toward the cliff, ...

I have a common refrain, almost a mantra at this point, whenever I — still excitedly — spot a large black bird soaring above me on a hike: It’s always a turkey vulture. After hiking around Southern ...

The Northern California Condor Restoration Program manages 23 condors, including a pair, released to the wild in 2022, that established the flock’s first nest in traditional Yurok territory within ...

California condors have made one of the most remarkable wildlife comebacks in U.S. history. The population of the critically endangered scavengers, once reduced to just 26 birds in the wild in 1987, ...

The spring morning is cool and bright in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park in Baja California, Mexico, as a bird takes to the skies. Its 9.8-foot wingspan casts a looming silhouette against ...

When it comes to conserving the California condor, progress is precarious. One wild pair recently laid the first egg in northern California for the first time in a century, and there are now more than ...

The stench of rotting calf carcasses hangs thick in the air, and bugs are buzzing about, attracted by the carrion laid out to lure seven California condors in from the wild. From the Big Sur coast, it ...

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That's a lot of chances to breed if he finds a mate for life, even if condor pairs at best raise one chick every two years. "This is management in action," said Tim Hauck, who leads the condor program ...

MARBLE CANYON — A 6-year-old California condor hopped from an open crate and trotted a half-dozen steps toward the cliff, spreading its two-tone wings in the winter sun before launching over the upper ...