A Brazilian pilot was literally flipped the bird after a vulture crashed through his cockpit window and hung lifelessly in ...

Earlier this week, a California condor was released again after 22 days of treatment for lead exposure at the Sequoia Park Zoo. A9 is one of only 18 of the free-flying birds on the North Coast.

The Andean condor is the world's heaviest soaring bird and can weigh up to 15kg The ... weather and decide whether or not it is good for flying. "Condors probably do this to a certain extent ...

Today, 344 of the birds are flying freely in the wild ... in the language of the Chumash people—was the first California condor brought under human care for breeding. At the time, he was ...

When you’re cruising below the clouds at 3,000 feet, the Bay Area is just far away enough to still look familiar. Unlike ...

Gymno comes from the Greek word gymnast, meaning "naked," and refers to the condor's featherless head; gyps is Greek for "vulture." DESCRIPTION: The largest flying land birds in North America, ...

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.

Warning: graphic content below. A pilot in Brazil was forced to make an emergency landing after a vulture crashed right ...

Condor A9 had just been released into the wild this year, in early October. West said they haven’t found an exact source for the lead this time, but they can guess based on the bird’s GPS ...