A California condor egg has hatched in Northern California’s wild, the newest member of Pinnacles National Park’s recovery program for the endangered species. The egg hatched April 12 after two months ...

Condor Watch enlists citizen scientists to study photos of condors like these taken by motion-activated cameras at condor feeding stations. (Photos courtesy of Pinnacles National Park and Ventana ...

A young California condor flew into Oregon last month, marking the first time in more than 120 years that one of the ...

IT MAY HAVE been the smelliest job in conservation. Whoever drew the short straw sat in a hole in the dirt underneath a carcass. Then they waited for a California condor to come and have a snack.

Condor 646, a 13-year-old female, feeding on a carcass in central California in December 2025. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

Condor 204, a 16-year-old male, soars along California's central coast in 2015 with his 7-year-old son, condor 470, in the background. Recent data showing an increase in lead exposure and deaths among ...

Emaay (pronounced “eh-MY”), a Kumeyaay word meaning sky, was born on March 16 to parents Mexwe (pronounced “MEX-weh”) and Xol-Xol (pronounced “HOLE-hole”). The chick, whose sex has not yet been ...

Condor #1061 had already beaten the stiff odds. Long one of the world’s most endangered species, there are fewer than 400 California condors in the wild of North America. And when avian flu hit the ...