"The authors study the evolution and life history of the California Condor, its historical distribution, the reasons for its decline, and their hopes for its re

"This is an amazingly compact, up-to-date history of the politics and biological research of the California Condor. It will be invaluable for biology students w

California condors once soared the US Pacific Coast, but by 1982, their dwindling numbers forced conservationists to bring the few remaining birds into captivit

Was it too late to save the California condor? For thousands of years, these amazing birds soared above North America. Yet by the mid-1900s, hunting and contami