In the latest instalment of Mark Cocker's 'Winging it' column, he looks at the peregrine, a bird of prey with astonishing speed and super strength.

On June 1, a true first occurred at Ojai Raptor Center. For the first time in its 25-year history, the nonprofit center on Baldwin Road successfully hatched a peregrine falcon chick.

Perched atop the Marriott Vacation Club at Custom House Boston, the raptor banding program led by Mass Audubon’s Norman Smith ...

Tiago Lomanto was fascinated when, as a child, he watched the film Kes, the second feature by British director Ken Loach, ...

Despite its tiny stature, the smallest bird native to North America can survive cold nights in the Rocky Mountains, and some ...

Two "mishaps" over a nine-day period have left one of four peregrine falcon chicks that hatched in Hamilton in May seriously injured and facing an uncertain future. Leah Schwenger, one of the lead ...

More than 35 species of falcons roam the Earth’s skies at present. But there used to be at least three others. Here’s the story of the confirmed falcon species lost to the world forever.

If wide population distribution is a sure sign of an animal’s evolutionary success, then the falcon is a clear winner. The ...

When we hear the word “methane,” we often think of natural gas, which heats homes, propels cars, and helps fuels fires for ...

The Saudi Falcons Club has achieved a major environmental milestone by raising the number of endangered Lanner Falcon (Falco ...

This amazing, free app, called “Merlin,” developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, listens to the birds through the phone’s microphone and identifies them in real-time.

The company is developing a larger vehicle, named Helios, that could meaningfully improve the ability of SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy to transport large payloads to the Moon, Mars, and other ...