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For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor — the world’s largest flying bird — nesting in Peru. The team spent about six hours a ...

A bone fragment led Uruguayan paleontologists to reconstruct the existence of a colossal vulture, larger than the Andean ...

The Andean condor is the world's biggest bird of prey, which can weigh up to 15 kg and has a wingspan of up to 3.3 meters.

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 ...

Andean condors are big birds! So, when one decides they want your popsicle, the best thing you can do is let them have it. In this extraordinary clip, an Andean condor in an animal park is on a ...