The large birds of prey are clawing their way back from the brink of extinction.

In 1986, there wasn’t a single California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) left in the wild. Thankfully, it wasn’t because the birds of prey had gone extinct, but they were getting close. In the 1980s, there were fewer than two dozen condors remaining in the wild. That’s why the United States Fish and Wildlife Service moved them into a captive breeding and release program. Now, the Northern California Condor Restoration Program has released seven young condors into the wild in Yurok Country, close to the Oregon border, according to a statement emailed to Popular Science. One of the birds is particularly special—the condor represents the 200th California condor hatched at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park to be released into the wild. In total, the safari park has hatched 291 condors since 1982. The seven recently released condors will join 26 other condors already enjoying the Yurok Country site. It’s the most recently established California condor release site, and received its first released condors in 2022. The NCCRP is a collaboration between the Yurok Tribe and the Redwood National and State Parks. “Condor releases are critical to achieving our ultimate goal- to reestablish a self-sustaining condor population in the wild,” Joe Burnett,...

The Bakersfield Condors have played only three games in nearly two weeks. A slow start would be an understatement. In those games, the Condors had only one win. The Condors opened the three-game...