But the California Condor Recovery Program successfully bred the animals back from the brink. As a part of that program, researchers collected DNA samples from the birds to gain insights into the ...

The 18-month-old condor had only started flying in recent months. Officials say lead is a main threat to condors in the wild. HUMBOLDT COUNTY, Calif. - The Yurok Tribe of Northern California say ...

A young California condor from the L.A. Zoo had been flying freely for only three months when he died after ingesting a lead pellet from an air gun.

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell spoke with NBC News' Gadi Schwartz about a new video of an unidentified tic tac object possibly recorded by a Navy ship near the California coast in 2023.

More birds are due to be released later this year. The California condor is considered critically endangered. It’s one of the largest flying birds in the world. While in the air, its wings can ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock ... juvenile releases and eight condor deaths, bringing the total of free-flying condors up to 100.

Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’ was one of 18 free-flying condors released by the Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) over the last several years. In 2022, the NCCRP released the first ...

Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the California Condor Recovery Program after the species almost went extinct in the 80s. Now every condor chick born ...