Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road. With the stark landscape providing better ...

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...

Collisions with wind turbines are a documented threat to the lives of individual raptors. However, wind development also ...

A fierce hunter with a striking rusty-red tail, this widespread raptor is a commanding presence as it soars over diverse landscapes across North America. The Red-tailed Hawk is a robust raptor with ...

Driving on Vermont’s interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular ...

They turn slow circles on broad, rounded wings, with their tail feathers fanned out, and occasionally emit a piercing kreer. Red-tailed hawks belong to the genus Buteo, and are often referred to ...

Out of all the Buteo hawks, which includes the red-tailed hawk and the red-shouldered hawk, the broad-winged hawk is the smallest. However, they’re not the smallest hawk in the United States or ...

Marco Andres Vizcaino Garcia is probably the most qualified naturalist guide a person could hire during their visit to Galápagos National Park and its adjacent marine reserve. Born into a fishing ...

Swainson’s Hawk Journey of the Raptors Northern goshawk (accipiter gentilis). Image via Depositphotos Swainson’s Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) undertake one of the longest migrations of any North American ...

The dark-eyed owl with a goofy call, a quirky history, and a penchant for bottomland forests. Do you want to learn more bird songs, frog calls, and insect noises? Join Voice of... Is the American ...

A bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) photographed at night in Belize. This type of ant is famous for having an extremely painful sting. Image via Depositphotos Boto Amazon River Dolphin. Amazon river, ...