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

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildlife researcher was repeatedly swooped by protective peregrine falcons while tagging newborn hatchlings during a field study ...

Birds are some of the most specialized and efficient hunters ever created by evolution, dominating skies, forests, oceans, and grasslands with incredible speed, vision, stealth, and precision .

California's Silicon Valley is home to some of the world's leading tech companies, but it's also home to a very special family of birds. San Jose Peregrine Falcons Hartley and Monty made a home on top ...

With striking white-and-gray plumage, yellow beaks and talons, and powerfully compact bodies, peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus)are beautiful birds in any posture. But they’re downright magical in ...

Falcons dive-bomb worker tagging chicks A researcher in San Jose tagging newborn peregrine falcon hatchlings gets repeatedly dive-bombed by the angry parents.

They were once all but extinct in Massachusetts, but Peregrine falcons have made a comeback in the Bay State. And Massachusetts officials are trying to make sure these falcons are protected.