An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird.

A 2,200-year-old, doughnut-shaped Andean condor deposit is giving researchers a glimpse into how natural- and human-caused changes over time have affected the at-risk species, and perhaps other ...

With a wingspan up to 10 feet in length, the mighty Andean condor is one of the largest flying birds in the world. Found ...

Andean condors regularly succumb to habitat loss, shootings and poisonings. Due to human-wildlife conflict, poisoning poses the greatest threat.

Researchers found Andean condors spent just one per cent of their time aloft flapping their wings, mostly during takeoff. One bird flew more than five hours, covering more than 160 kilometres ...

Andean condors released into Chilean Patagonia By Reuters February 15, 202410:39 AM PSTUpdated February 15, 2024 ...

Fabricio Narváez, executive director of the Andean Condor Foundation, says that in the systematic monitoring of camera traps, they have been able to identify up to 17 species that roam the moors.

An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this endangered bird ...

The discovery of a 2,200-year-old Andean condor guano deposit may demonstrate how species have or haven't adapted to the natural and human causes of environmental change over the course of time.

An endangered Andean condor sits inside an enclosure where it is being treated before its eventual re-release into the wild, in the Talagante's Rehabilitation Center for Birds of Prey, at ...

Veterinarians said the condor's high lead levels indicate that it ate something contaminated or consumed prey with high levels of lead. "We have to control the areas where wildlife and human ...