If wide population distribution is a sure sign of an animal’s evolutionary success, then the falcon is a clear winner. The roughly 40 types of falcons are distributed across every continent except ...

Just decades ago, peregrine falcons were largely absent from California and much of the U.S. amid widespread use of pesticides. But now, a pair of the fastest birds in the world are nesting on ...

Conservationists have seen nests raided around the country to match demand from the Middle East ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. Though the bird is still listed as endangered, its population is growing. Kevin Wenner, a ...

Pennsylvania wildlife experts reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the federal Endangered Species Act have embraced the successes of the legislation and are continuing the fight to “keep common ...

After reintroducing and protecting the peregrine falcon for more than 40 years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is in the process of removing the world’s fastest animal from threatened status.

Concealed behind trees near Lake Michigan, two scientists remotely manipulated a robotic owl on the forest floor. As the intruder flapped its wings and hooted, a merlin guarding its nest in a nearby ...

UPPER TOWNSHIP - Two peregrine falcon chicks appeared tame as kittens in their cardboard cat box that served as a temporary home Wednesday. State biologists plucked the fierce birds of prey - the ...