A California condor hatched and raised at the Los Angeles Zoo has died from lead poisoning just months after being released ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 in the effort to save this ...