Fast, focused and fierce, the Cooper's hawk is built for the chase. Learn what a Cooper's hawk looks like and sounds like and ...

Look for flashes of white on dark roads, and you might spot an American barn owl. Learn about a barn owl call, nest, wings ...

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom premiered in 1963. From the peregrine falcon to the Steller's sea eagle to the great horned owl, there’s a wealth of majestic birds of prey that call our planet home—and ...

I first discovered Merlin Bird ID by Cornell Lab of Ornithology earlier this summer, when I was trying to figure out the identity of a particular bird of prey in my neighborhood. After looking at a ...

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

Like all owls, the vision of great horned owls is extraordinary. Special light-sensitive cells contribute to their amazing ...

I can think of no better legacy than to protect a landscape in perpetuity for wild species, but the politics of preservation are never easy. Near Boise, Idaho, Morlan “Morley” Nelson sought to protect ...

Numbers have dropped, in some cases sharply, for nearly all of the 42 raptor species surveyed in sub-Saharan regions. By Rachel Nuwer Silhouettes of patrolling raptors filled skies throughout Africa ...