Lead poisoning remains the species’ deadliest ongoing threat, but wild-hatched chicks and new releases keep pushing the ...

The four condors join a flock of 92 around the Grand Canyon and Vermilion Cliffs, part of an ongoing effort to save the species.

Few North American birds have come as close to extinction as the California condor. By 1987, only 27 individuals remained alive. Conservationists made the controversial decision to capture every ...

The California condor was brought back from the brink after all remaining wild birds were captured in 1987. Captive breeding restored its numbers, but lead poisoning remains a major threat.

In 1987 biologists caught the last wild condor, leaving only 27 of the species alive anywhere, all in captivity.

A California condor chick, rescued from a nest in a national park in Central California in May, is being cared for at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — and officials hope he can be released back to the ...

A California condor who was central to the species' recovery after near extinction is being celebrated at the Los Angeles Zoo. Topa Topa arrived at the LA Zoo in 1967 after he was found weak and ...

The spring morning is cool and bright in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir National Park in Baja California, Mexico, as a bird takes to the skies. Its 9.8-foot wingspan casts a looming silhouette against ...

One of the L.A. Zoo's most legendary residents is celebrating his 60th birthday. That's right: Topa Topa the California condor, who has been key to the critically endangered species' repopulation, has ...