Hawks tend to glide or hover while hunting; falcons use rapid, powerful wing beats and high-speed dives. Falcons have a sharp tooth — the “tomial tooth” — on their beak to sever their prey ...
One distinction thats sometimes made is that a beak is more like the hooked beak of a hawk or an owl, while bill fits better with little birds like warblers. Whether you say bird beak or bill ...
Less than a minute after friends and I arrived at Westerly’s Napatree Point one blustery morning last week, we watched a ...
The common raven (Corvus corax) is the type species of the genus Corvus and is found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It ...
In western North America during the twilight of the dinosaur age, the unquestioned ruler was Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the ...
Then a camouflaged speaker that scientists had placed nearby started to play. First came a recorded honk from an unpartnered ...
Less than a minute after friends and I arrived at Westerly's Napatree Point one blustery morning last week, we watched a small falcon, on the hunt, rocketing over marsh grasses, Nearly as quickly, ...
Call a group of blue jays what you will: a company, a posse, a gang, a mob. They may be "in your face" at times, but blue ...
The Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) is between 34cm to 43cm in length, and are widely distributed across Portugal. These ...
Save the Gerudo Desert from the wrath of Ganon once again with this Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom: Gerudo Sanctum Dungeon ...
The bald eagle was removed 17 years ago from the endangered species list, signaling the comeback of an iconic species. A new ...
Stephanie Hayes was in a small boat with her family when she spotted something unusual in the water. Upon closer inspection, ...