In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus), the only one outside the United States. Dozens of the ...

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 ...

Lead is the single biggest threat to condors in the wild and is ... to lead poisoning if nothing changes,” said Northern California Condor Restoration Program Manager and Yurok Wildlife ...

California condors still face threats, including habitat loss, lead poisoning, litter and emerging diseases, like the deadly avian flu. But wildlife experts are cautiously optimistic about the ...

THREATS: California condors face many grave threats in the wild ... killed carcasses they scavenge and must be regularly recaptured for monitoring and lead-poisoning treatment. POPULATION TREND: The ...

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 ...