A mother peregrine falcon named Carla circled above the Cathedral of Learning on the University of Pittsburgh campus, briefly landing near its towering windows before launching back into the air. With ...

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 ...

They hunt at high speeds, live partly in cities–and technically, they are not birds of prey. Various species of falcons are native to Germany, from the common kestrel to the lesser-known red-footed ...