Peregrine falcons, known for making spectacular dives to snatch smaller birds midair, conduct their aerial assaults in much the same way that military missiles hit moving targets, scientists have ...

Falcons are known to be fast and powerful predatory birds. However, the peregrine falcon stands in a class by itself. The peregrine falcon is so fast that scientists had to create a computer model to ...

EVANSVILLE − Few animals capture the imagination like peregrine falcons with their dramatic appearance and lightning speed. Considered the fastest animal on earth, peregrine falcons dive on their prey ...

Wednesday, Aug. 27 turned out to be an eventful day, bird-wise. I set out before dawn for the upper reaches of Hoover Reservoir. It was a clear day, and I wanted to secrete myself in a good honey hole ...

Speed is an important trait in the animal kingdom which aids in hunting, escaping predators, and migration. From the land to ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Do the peregrine falcons that live on top of the Times Square Building in downtown Rochester migrate south for the winter? The peregrine falcons seem to capture people’s attention ...

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 ...

A pair of peregrine falcon parents are raising three chicks along Chicago's busy Wacker Drive, and beware to any pedestrian who ventures too closely to their nest.Just ask Chuck Valauskas, who was ...