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.

WASHINGTON - A new study sheds light on just how efficiently the world’s largest soaring bird rides air currents to stay aloft for hours without flapping its wings.

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 ...

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 ...

An Andean condor named Yastay, meaning “god that is protector of birds” in the Quechua Indigenous language, spreads his wings after being freed by the Andean Condor Conservation Program in ...

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

The Andean Condor is the largest bird of prey and is only found in South America along the Andes Mountain Range. The revered bird, with a wingspan of around 3 metres, is a critically endangered ...

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 ...

For the first time, a team of scientists strapped recording equipment they called “daily diaries” to eight condors in Patagonia to record each wingbeat over more than 250 hours of flight time.

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.