A California condor hatched and raised at the Los Angeles Zoo has died from lead poisoning just months after being released into the wild, a Northern California native tribe has announced.

The following is a press release from the Yurok Tribe: In January, Northern California Condor Restoration Program (NCCRP) condor B7, Pey-noh-pey-o-wok’ (I am friend or kind or good natured) was ...

The Yurok tribe says the condor died of lead poisoning after eating a bullet. The 18-month-old condor had only started flying in recent months. Officials say lead is a main threat to condors in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The first two California condor chicks of 2025 were hatched at the Oregon Zoo’s Clackamas conservation center, another important step in the process to save the ...

Tragedy struck the Yurok tribe’s condor restoration efforts when one of the critically endangered birds succumbed to lead poisoning — an entirely preventable, human-caused threat — just ...

It’s another promising year to save critically endangered species, the Oregon said, after the first two California condor chicks of 2025 hatched last week. We're told the chicks are healthy and ...

California Condors, among other bird species — woodpeckers, scrub jays, raptors, et al — engage in the noteworthy concept of “cooperative breeding,” when three individuals help to raise a ...

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 ...