In Africa, falcons are found across many habitats. Several species are unique to the continent, including the endangered Taita falcon, which nests on high cliffs, and the greater kestrel ...

While both falcons and hawks are birds of prey, they are two different species of birds. Find out what makes a true hawk or ...

They are found in deserts, seashores, wetlands, tundra, grasslands, dry forests and craggy mountains. Peregrine Falcons live and breed on every continent in the world except Antarctica. They also ...

Most notably, they breed and hand raise every bird they fly—a practice that was thought impossible before captive peregrine falcons were first successfully bred in 1942 by Nazi leader Hermann ...

Peregrine falcons regularly nest in the tower of Mackay Heating Plant, on the east side of the UB South Campus. Classified as an endangered species in New York State, peregrine falcons were wiped out ...

Unfortunately, the most common falcon, American kestrel, is on a downward slide, although it is still easily the most ...

Collisions with wind turbines are a documented threat to the lives of individual raptors. However, wind development also ...

While most people have heard of falcons, here’s a definition: A bird of prey, with long pointed wings and a notched beak, typically catching prey by diving upon it from above. Six species in the ...