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 ...

VERMILLION CLIFFS NAT'L MONUMENT -- By all accounts, Milagra the "miracle" California condor shouldn't be alive today. But now at nearly 17 months old, she is one of three of the giant endangered ...

I have a common refrain, almost a mantra at this point, whenever I — still excitedly — spot a large black bird soaring above me on a hike: It’s always a turkey vulture. After hiking around Southern ...

The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe: In January, Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) condor B7, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’ (I am friend or kind or good natured) was found ...

A critically endangered California condor was shot in Colorado and now investigators are asking for help from the public to track down whomever is responsible. The California condor was discovered ...

Optimism is soaring within the California Condor Recovery Program (CCRP) after the announcement on Wednesday that the Los Angeles Zoo successfully hatched 10 chicks this season. All 10 of the condors ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Ten California condor chicks hatched successfully at the Los Angeles Zoo this breeding season, marking another milestone in the decades-long effort to save North America's largest land ...

LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Moving towards an “ultimate goal of recovery” in California’s condor population, the LA Zoo announced that 10 healthy chicks hatched during the zoo’s 2025 California condor ...

A California condor chick rests in a clear container lined with paper at the L.A. Zoo. L.A. Zoo Weighing 17 to 25 pounds and possessing a wingspan of up to 9.5 feet, California condors are the largest ...