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Fate of several endangered condors including a four-month-old chick unknown after wildfire destroys their Californian sanctuary The blaze that began in Los Padres Forest has destroyed the 80-acre sanctuary in Big Sur, which has been used to release captive-bred condors into the wild The sanctuary lost pens, a research building and other facilities and is … Read more
Giant condors can travel more than 100 miles without flapping their wings and instead spend most of their time gliding on thermal updrafts, new research shows. UK biologists deployed logging devices on the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), the heaviest known soaring bird, to show how it flies with limited flapping. Incredibly, one bird flew continuously … Read more
Giant condors can travel more than 100 miles without flapping their wings and spend most of their time gliding on thermal updrafts. UK biologists deployed logging devices on the Andean condor (Vultur gryphus), the heaviest known soaring bird, to show how it flies with limited flapping. Incredibly, one bird flew continuously for more than five … Read more
California condors disappeared from Sequioa National Park 50 years ago, never to be seen again – until now. Park officials announced the return of the majestic scavenger after spotting nearly a dozen in the area on May 28. The bird has been roaming North America for thousands of years, but is now critically endangered due … Read more