A rare crested caracara, a falcon that behaves like a vulture, was spotted in Foleyet, Ont. A Sudbury ornithologist says winds may have blown it north. It scavenged at the dump and appears to have ...

Traversing Florida in 1831 in search of specimens for “The Birds of America,” John James Audubon came across an osprey-sized bird he had never seen before, the “Caracara Eagle,” as he called it—a ...

This would be an outstanding clue in a future Jeopardy episode under the category of Birds: they look like hawks and act like vultures, but they are actually falcons. Answer: What is the crested ...