Hatched in captivity, the young condor returns more than one year later to a wild flock still reeling from disease and lead ...

Even after the door was opened Saturday, the birds didn’t immediately leave their pen. After 20 minutes, one condor left the pen, followed 20 minutes later by another condor. Then, after sitting ...

Another chapter in one of the greatest comeback stories in the world of endangered species is being written with the release ...

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 ...

But the annual practice was put on hold last year due to what is known as the "bird flu." Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza killed 21 condors in the Utah-Arizona flock. “This year’s condor ...

Population: About 500 individuals in captivity and the wild.