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

The largest landfill in Chile, Loma Los Colorados, hosts the largest known aggregation of Andean condors (Vultur gryphus) at a single site. That's according to a new study published in the Journal 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

These scavengers are vital to the ecosystem by deterring the spread of disease and keeping the soil nutrient-rich Three of the world's largest raptors have been released into the wild. According to ...

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 ...

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 ...

Vultures, condors, buzzards: are these all names for the same type of bird? The difference in names between these three has been confusing people for quite some time. Thankfully, the similarities and ...

In a recent study, Dr. Weronika Tomczyk and her colleagues conducted a zooarchaeological and isotopic study of ancient Andean condor bones from an archaeological site Castillo de Huarmey, providing ...

Between 2005 and 2022 researchers monitored the use of the largest landfill in Chile as a food source by a large number of Andean Condors. Long-term Andean Condor monitoring at landfills may serve as ...