Having three adults in the nest frees up one of the birds “to kind of maintain the social status within the social hierarchy of the flock,” one researcher said.

In May 1835 in Willamette Falls, Oregon, an eager young Philadelphia naturalist named John Kirk Townsend collected a female California condor. It’s one of the oldest specimens among the ...

A cherished icon of the West, the prehistoric-looking California condor remains one of the world's most endangered species. North America's largest avian narrowly escaped extinction in the mid-1980s ...

The nest of the California condor is, on average ... The pliable nature of these materials allows for the female to shape it as she pleases. Regardless of shape or structure, the nests of birds ...

Zoos in the state work closely with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the California Condor Recovery Program after the species almost went extinct in the 80s. Now every condor chick born ...

Last year was an exceptional milestone for the Central California condor flock, as nine wild chicks fledged from their parents’ nests, “the highest number of chicks (to fledge) in the program ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The first two fluffy California condor chicks of 2025 hatched last week at the Oregon Zoo’s Jonsson Center for Wildlife Conservation, kicking off another promising year ...