For most bird watchers, there are few winged treasures more greatly prized than the mighty California condor. These giant birds were nearly extinct only 40 years ago, but extensive conservation ...

The California Condor Recovery Program produced its first results in a short time. In 1988, just one year after the collection of the last wild condors, researchers at the San Diego Zoo announced the ...

The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state's far northern coast redwood forests on Tuesday for the first time in more than a century. Two captive-bred birds were ...

First, California condors nearly went extinct from poaching, lead poisoning and habitat destruction. Then the California wildfires last summer threatened to devastate their recovering wild population.

A new method of rearing California condors at the Los Angeles Zoo has resulted in a record-breaking 17 chicks hatched this year, the zoo announced Wednesday. All of the newborn birds will eventually ...

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 ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Wednesday, July 24, and I’m writing from Los Angeles. California condors are massive, primordial creatures. The birds have ...

The critically endangered California condor has been absent from Northern California redwood forests for over a century – until Tuesday, when the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks ...

According to the IUCN Red List, the species is still "critically endangered" but its population trend is increasing Conservation efforts have paid off as the California condor population is slowly on ...

MOUNT DIABLO (CBS SF) -- For the first time in more than 100 years, a critically endangered California condor took flight above Mount Diablo. Their natural habitat is in the Central Coast. So for one ...

The past year was one of the deadliest for condors since efforts began to save the critically endangered bird. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported 42 condor deaths in 2020, including 34 in ...