Fish make up most of a bald eagle’s diet, but these opportunistic hunters also eat waterfowl, small mammals, or even scavenge carrion. You’ll often see them perched in tall trees near rivers — ...
A campaign against the illegal killing of birds of prey in the Yorkshire Dales has been launched. The Friends of the Dales' ...
From the eerie whines of tiny screech owls, to the deep, bass moans of great horned owls, and the tell-tale “Who cooks for ...
Engineers in the U.K. are taking cues from one of nature's most skilled aviators — the owl — to design smarter, more agile ...
Eerie audio recordings reveal how Europe's largest bats hunt, catch, kill, and eat birds in mid-flight without having to land ...
Few creatures capture the spirit of the American wilderness quite like the bald eagle. With its snow-white head, piercing yellow eyes, and powerful wingspan that can stretch over seven feet, this bird ...
Nature’s stunning splendor has a tendency to leave us awestruck, but its unadulterated power has the potential to leave us ...
Foskolos describes the behaviour as “mind-blowing”. As he explains, it’s a very impressive hunting technique, especially for such a small predator. Bats weigh about 30 grams, and these birds weigh 15 ...
To put it short – perfect fall weather. In October I transition from grass cutting to brush mowing. There are few pleasures ...
While some bugs have evolved the ability to detect these comparatively low-frequency ultrasound triangulations, birds have ...
More than a quarter of all animals, plants and fungi assessed are at risk of extinction, according to the latest IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute ...