In 1982, There Were Only 22 California Condors Left. A Recovery Program Has Changed the Bird’s Future Forever

Lead poisoning remains the species’ deadliest ongoing threat, but wild-hatched chicks and new releases keep pushing the ...

Every California Condor Alive Today Descends From Just 27 Birds

In 1987 biologists caught the last wild condor, leaving only 27 of the species alive anywhere, all in captivity.
Chico Enterprise-Record

For a century, they were gone. But California condors are making a comeback in these parts of the Bay Area

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 ...
AZ Central

Five endangered California condors join Arizona's wild population near Grand Canyon

The Peregrine Fund brought five California condors to the Vermilion Cliffs to release into the wild. The birds brought to 88 the number of wild birds in Arizona and Utah. The condors were hatched and ...