At 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 3, the Yurok Tribe and Redwood National and State Parks facilitated the release of the first two California condors to take flight in the center of the bird’s former range ...
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 found ...
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’s ...
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 the ...
(KRON) — A freed California condor died of lead poisoning at the Oakland Zoo Sunday after veterinarians “did everything they could” to save the animal’s life, the zoo said. Condor No. 1019, known as ...
Andean condors live from Venezuela to Tierra del Fuego and have a wingspan about 12 inches larger than that of California condors. Their mission here was to help to consolidate a social group and aid ...
Iniko, a 4-month old condor chick, is missing. Wildfire destroyed the 80-acre condor sanctuary in Big Sur that was his home — and the fate of the little raptor and his nest in a redwood tree is ...
The elusive and illustrious California condor is making a major comeback in the Bay Area, stretching its wings in areas where the continent’s largest bird has not been seen for more than a century. In ...
I have a common refrain, almost a mantra at this point, whenever I — still excitedly — spot a large black bird soaring above me on a hike: It’s always a turkey vulture. After hiking around Southern ...
Nothing quite compares to the majesty of a towering redwood tree. These forest giants have inspired generations of artists, from Albert Bierstadt and his sweeping portraits of the American West to the ...