Many hawk species, including the prolific Red-tailed hawk, will watch their prey from the treetops and wait for as long as it takes — sometimes hours — to strike. Intelligent birds know to ...

But as I wondering how the heck people knew what it looked like and was planning which field trips to attend on Saturday, I ...

A study of published records by Australian researchers Ruchira Somaweera, Matthew Brien and Richard Shine established that ...

Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk.

Migration: in­creasing numbers at eastern hawk-watches probably due to better identification skills. Winter: juveniles winter farther north than adults; eastern birds move to the southern states ...

State Rep. James K. Hawkins is sponsoring a bill to ban certain rodenticides to help save other wildlife. (No, we didn't make ...

Despite their name, tarantula hawks (Pepsis genus) are actually a species of spider wasp. You can see the largest species of tarantula hawk wasp, Pepsis heros, at the Museum. It's on diplay in Hintze ...

Researchers from the Australian National University found that the thornbills give deceptive “hawk!” alarm calls. These calls are both their own, and a mimicry of other species when their nest ...