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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It took 12 years for artificial incubation to succeed in Colombia. Andean condors were once targeted due to the belief that they ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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It took 12 years for artificial incubation to succeed in Colombia. Andean condors were once targeted due to the belief that they were killing livestock, but camera traps proved that protection dogs, ...