Andean condors are massive birds, among the largest in the world that are able to fly. Because they are so heavy (up to 33 pounds), even their enormous 10-foot wingspan needs some help to keep ...

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 ...

Gymno comes from the Greek word gymnast, meaning "naked," and refers to the condor's featherless head; gyps is Greek for "vulture." DESCRIPTION: The largest flying land birds in North America, ...

in the fall — and the fact that only three of the giant birds died in 2024 — the total number of free-flying condors in Central California (released from San Simeon, Big Sur and Pinnacles ...

1. The bald neck and bare heads of vultures keep their feathers from sticking to blood while eating corpses. 2. During hot days, vultures engage in a process called urohydrosis. They urinate on their ...

California condors resemble gigantic vultures, mostly black aside from some white on their wings and a bald yellow head. They are critically endangered, and were at one point extinct in ...

Even though the vaccine seems to be safe in black vultures, they wanted to confirm that it also is safe in condors. That’s why only three birds were vaccinated initially. According to an update ...

Condors are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act and Migratory Bird Treaty Act. “It’s incredibly important that justice is done when an endangered animal like this irreplaceable ...