Now is when raptor juveniles take to the Pittsburgh skies to learn to fly and hunt, while continually begging their parents for food.

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.

The formerly endangered peregrine falcon produced a bumper crop of at least 23 juveniles this year in the Pittsburgh region.

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

OAK CREEK, Wisconsin (WDJT) -- Late spring often brings special moments at We Energies Oak Creek Power Plant. It's when peregrine falcon chicks typically hatch and are named and banded ...

It’s when peregrine falcon chicks typically hatch and are named and banded — free to fly off when they’re able. Greg Septon is the peregrine falcon manager at We Energies.

Peregrine falcons are the fastest animal on the planet, but their population was decimated in the 1970s due to a pesticide called DDT that affected their eggs. “When I was a kid, there never ...

CHAMPLIN, Minnesota — Amid the horror and senseless violence in the shootings of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses, there are stories of heroism.Officials ...