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Two condors quietly attempt a comeback humans nearly erased

Turns out, when you stop poisoning and shooting a species for a while, it might just try to exist again.

Jason Weisberger
Apr 13, 2026
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California Condor (Barbara Ash/shutterstock)

After more than a century of humans doing their absolute best to wipe them out, California condors in Northern California may finally be attempting the radical act of reproducing in the wild again.

The team hasn’t visually confirmed the existence of an egg. But the movements of the male bird and his mate indica…

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