TEHACHAPI, Calif. — A California woman is trying to respect one of nature’s endangered raptors, after they descended on her home and are being destructive guests. Thanks to efforts to increase ...

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 ...

California condors, on the other hand, have more rounded talons and beaks that are adapted for tearing skin and eating carrion. However, if a carcass is near a California condor’s nest, the condors ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California condor story is a quintessential feel-good tale of an extraordinary species that was at the doorstep of extinction ...

The California condor story is a quintessential feel-good tale of an extraordinary species that was at the doorstep of extinction in 1982 when just 22 of the enormous scavengers — largest land birds ...