NATURE takes flight on an exhilarating ride with elite winged predators in Raptor Force. Humans have had a unique relationship with raptors, ... more than any other type of bird, the art of soaring.

Damaged or broken flight feathers can be a death sentence for birds such as raptors and owls. Fortunately, Melanie Barsony is skilled in a rare and difficult technique needed to fix them.

Raptors and other birds also use two common techniques known as thermal soaring and dynamic soaring. Thermal soaring, which was discovered in the late 1920s, is perhaps the most familiar to the ...

Its last meal wasn't pleasant. A mouse tail was lodged in its throat when it died. Semi-digested flesh and fur still remained in its stomach when it was wrapped in mummy bandages. A new autopsy ...

CEDAR FALLS — Graphic, graceful posters of songbirds, water birds, raptors and other birds appear ready to take flight from the walls at Hartman Reserve Nature Center’s Interpretive Center.

A recent study suggests that the number of raptors killed at Altamont each year has fallen about 50 percent since 2005. In 2014, bird mortality in general decreased by 25 to 40 percent, biologists ...

A large raptor flies over the heads of the audience at the Birds of Prey show at Scarborough Renaissance Festival.(Scott Fischer) The art of falconry is over 4,000 years old. And it’s still ...

On Saturday, the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota will stage its annual release of rehabilitated birds into the wild.