LIMA (Reuters) - Strapping a giant condor to the back of a raging bull is a central part of an Andean festival celebrated in Peru but some people worried about the endangered vulture's future say it ...

In Pakistan’s Cholistan Desert, a group of rare birds was recently documented by wildlife photographer Syed Rizwan Mehmood. On July 20, Mehmood witnessed six Great Indian bustards engaging in ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A bird that's critically endangered in Ecuador hatched at the National Aviary. Lianni, the aviary's 38-year-old Andean Condor, laid the egg on April 5 and it hatched on June 7. The ...

The enormous vulture has declined due to poisonings and land development, but rescue efforts are helping it slowly make a comeback. Tupun Catu, a rehabilitated juvenile condor, spreads his wings to ...

A scavenger species, the Andean condor plays a vital role in ecosystems by preventing the spread of diseases found in carcasses. But human communities overlapping with their habitat have often ...

An endangered bird has recently hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. The National Aviary said that an Andean condor chick hatched on June 7. The Andean condor is considered critically ...

Researchers have found high levels of plastics in the diets and regurgitated pellets of Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) in Peru. The scientists conducted research in two protected areas — the San ...

Andean condors are critically endangered in Ecuador, according to the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. So aviary officials are understandably excited about the birth of a chick there on June 7. The ...