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Environment

Condors are soaring again over Northern California's coastal redwoods

5:55pm May 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The endangered California condor, the largest native North American bird, returned to soar the skies over the state's far northern coast redwood forests for the first time in more than a century.

In this May 13 photo provided by the National Park Service, this female California condor spreads her wings. Biologists have confirmed that she laid an egg that has hatched and there is a new baby condor at Zion National Park.

Science

Once Nearly Dead As The Dodo, California Condor Comeback Reaches 1,000 Chicks

1:54pm July 21, 2019

In the 1980s, there were less than two dozen California Condors left. Today, more than 500 exist in the world, thanks to the efforts of conservationists.

The Peregrine Fund recently released four California condors over high cliffs in Northern Arizona. In 1982, there were only 22 of these giant birds left in the wild.

National
Science

The Flight Of The Condors, And Their Audience

8:23am September 30, 2018

by Stina Sieg

Hundreds of condor groupies flocked to a spot on the Utah-Arizona border to witness the annual release of young condors into the wild.