In this forest thick with trees up to 600 years old lives the southernmost population of the California condor (Gymnogyps ...

mimicking the wings of a condor, could gather wind energy more efficiently and reduce air resistance. The Andean condor, which lives in the Andes, is the largest flying bird on Earth. Its body ...

Gymno comes from the Greek word gymnast, meaning "naked," and refers to the condor's featherless head; gyps is Greek for "vulture ... and a triangle-shaped white patch is visible on the underside of ...

The Andean condor is considered threatened but is in far better shape than its California cousin. Reintroduction programs are working to grow populations of these South American birds.