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 ...

The Yurok tribe’s Northern California Condor Restoration Program plays a key role in these efforts by reintroducing condors to the tribe’s ancestral homelands. The tribe considers the condors ...

A California condor hatched and raised at the Los Angeles Zoo has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild, a Northern California native tribe has announced.

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 ...

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 ...

The Yurok Tribe of Northern California say that, according to a pathology report, a California condor's cause of death was lead poisoning. Posted March 12, 2025 10:27pm PDT Share ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock, as nine wild chicks fledged from their parents’ nests, “the highest number of chicks (to fledge) in the program ...

The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin. Reintroduction programs are working to grow populations of these South American birds.