Like their relatives, the California condors, Andean condors have bald heads. Condors are vultures, so they keep their sharp eyes peeled for the carrion that makes up most of their diet.

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 ...

A Brazilian pilot was literally flipped the bird after a vulture crashed through his ... Some people suggested that the avian may have been an Andean Condor — essentially a supersized buzzard ...

The project focuses on Andean condors as they demonstrate the most ... could be applied to other soaring birds such as vultures and storks.