Launched three decades ago, the Great Backyard Bird Count mobilizes citizen scientists to monitor bird populations and ...

With the longer days, the natural world is slowly starting to wake up. Last week, I saw both a chipmunk and a skunk, both of which spend much of winter in slumber and inactivity. All plants and ...

What began as a surprising bird sighting quickly became a community vigil, with neighbors, birders and a wildlife biologist all quietly rooting for one small raptor learning to fly far from where its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Germany, there are three species of falcons—the kestrel is the most common and even resides in large cities. Photo: Getty ...

(GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin. Dark merlins, deadly ...

GA-ASI has named its YFQ-42 Collaborative Combat Aircraft as Dark Merlin, a small, fierce falcon species which hunts other falcons while collaborating in groups. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems ...

“Dark merlins are hunting machines, built for speed and aerodynamics,” said GA-ASI President David R. Alexander. “They harass ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin. Dark merlins, deadly falcons known for their black ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has announced that its collaborative combat aircraft has a name: the Dark Merlin. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) YFQ-42A is one of two ...

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / February 23, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is giving its U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft a new name: YFQ-42A Dark Merlin.