Soar the Andean canyons with these enormous vultures, one of Earth’s largest birds. Learn about this at-risk species that can ...

This year’s Patagonia Photo Contest winners included two fantastic shots of condors, a bird of prey considered a national ...

The Andean condor has been threatened with extinction for decades. At one time, the condor was considered extinct in Venezuela, with populations in other South American countries not far behind.

For over 2,000 years, Andean condors have been nesting — and pooping — in the same cliffside grotto high in the Andes. This gargantuan pile of guano is now providing an unprecedented peek deep into ...

SANTIAGO, July 23 (Reuters) - An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Researchers have found high levels of plastics in the diets and regurgitated pellets of Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) in Peru. The scientists ...

Engineers are finding new ways to make wind turbines more efficient by stealing design cues from one of the world’s heaviest aerial birds, the Andean condor. This is according to new research ...

A team of paleontologists, environmentalists, naturalists and biologists affiliated with a number of institutions in Canada and Argentina has found that guano piles left behind by generations of ...

In a 17-year study, Chilean researchers observed that Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) use landfills as supplemental food sources when natural food is scarce. The researchers found that females and ...

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 ...