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 ...

Zion National Park is home to a California condor, an endangered bird with a wingspan of more than 9 feet, that soars the same skies she shared with her brother before he died. Both sibling birds ...

Because they are so heavy (up to 33 pounds), even their enormous 10-foot wingspan ... The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin.

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock ... boast 9-1/2-foot wingspans and can fly up to 15,000 feet. Indeed, when HPAI arrived in Arizona in 2023, 25 ...

With a wingspan of 9.5 feet and weighing up to 25 pounds, the California condor is the largest land bird in North America. CPW said the California condor population declined to just 22 individuals ...