The California condor - the largest bird in North America - went extinct ... the zoo's Condor Cam - and maybe even catch a glimpse of baby Emaay.

Lead poisoning poses the single greatest threat to California condors. Even a small amount of lead can be fatal to a condor ...

The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin. Reintroduction programs are working to grow populations of these South American birds.

A young California condor from the L.A. Zoo had been flying freely for only three months when he died after ingesting a lead pellet from an air gun.

With each scan, he meticulously looks for metal fragments that could be slowly poisoning the bird from the inside. The condor has likely ingested lead bullet fragments embedded in the remains of a ...