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.

Lima, May 8 (EFE). — International experts meeting in Lima have appealed to Andean countries to cooperate and make the political decisions necessary to prevent extinction of the Andean condor ...

Three of her hatchlings have been released into their native range within Colombia and Venezuela. In 2022, she produced one of two of the only Andean condor eggs to hatch in North American zoos.

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 ...

Like their relatives in California, condor populations in Colombia have been decimated in recent decades. The birds have fallen victim to high voltage power lines, makers of homeopathic medicines ...

Andean condor (Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador) The International Union of Conservation of Nature has estimated that 6,700 mature condors, at most, remain in the wild.

LIMA (Reuters) – Strapping a giant condor to the back of a raging bull is a central part of an Andean festival celebrated in Peru but some people worried about the endangered vulture’s … ...

A rare Andean Condor chick that hatched at the National Aviary Friday has died. The aviary said it determined the chick had not survived after observing “abnormal parenting behavior” by the ...

The Andean condor population is near-threatened, according tthe International Union for Conservation of Nature. The birds inhabit the Andes Mountains, ranging as far north as Colombia and south to ...

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 ...