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 ...

They hunt at high speeds, live partly in cities–and technically, they are not birds of prey. Various species of falcons are ...

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 ...