No matter how many gold medals Olympic champions win, these crazy record holders in the wild are playing a completely ...

The peregrine falcon holds a speed record that no other living creature can match. According to federal wildlife materials, ...

Peregrine falcons are the fastest animal on earth. They have been clocked at over 200 miles per hour as they descend upon their target. Peter Arnold, Inc. / Alamy I’m standing a thousand feet above ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wednesday, Aug. 27 turned out to be an eventful day, bird-wise. I set out before dawn for the upper reaches of Hoover Reservoir.

Watch peregrine falcon “Thor” nest live on Ameren Missouri’s Falcon Cam as she tends her first egg and is expected to lay more this spring. Her name is Thor. She represents the fastest species on ...

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 ...