To design a better wind turbine, a startup called Biome took inspiration from the Andean condor. The massive bird—weighing as much as 35 pounds, with a wingspan as wide as 12 feet—can glide for hours ...

A dozen condor chicks are learning to fly at Oregon Zoo’s offsite wildlife center. According to Oregon zookeepers, the fluffy down on the condor chicks turns to sturdy feathers, and this process is ...

In Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert, a group of rare birds was recently documented by wildlife photographer Syed Rizwan Mehmood. On July 20, Mehmood witnessed six Great Indian bustards engaging in ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. A dead seal washes ashore in Northern California. Ravens and turkey vultures peck at its eyes and tail end, but they’re not strong enough to ...

When Scottish naturalist David Douglas arrived in the Northwest in 1825, one of the first creatures he searched for was the bird we now call the California condor. Douglas knew that the Corps of ...

Hunters, dairy farmers, utility operators, loggers, government agents and conservationists have all supported the tribe in helping North America’s largest land-based birds. A dead seal washes ashore ...

Andy is related to the California condors, which are endangered, with only 463 members of the species as of 2017. For the past five years, Andy N. Condor has been fêted with an aviary-wide celebration ...

ORICK, Calif. -- Since ancient times, the tribes of the lower Klamath River have decorated themselves with condor feathers when they performed the dances designed to heal a world gone wrong. "It can ...