SAN FRANCISCO — Banking into the wind and then gliding out of sight, a male California condor flew back into the wild after he fathered a captive breeding program that helped save North America's ...

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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 news that two of three recently hatched California condor chicks have survived reflects the success and the difficulties of recovering one of the world's rarest birds. Condor-recovery program ...

The California condor once tip-toed dangerously close to extinction, with only 22 left in the wild in 1982. Now, the rebounding species is marking a millenary milestone. In a victory for conservation, ...

Biologists treat sick and injured condors in a remote "hospital" in northern Arizona. The birds also receive vaccines to fight the avian flu. The condors ingest lead ammunition when they eat animal ...