Like eagles and falcons, shrikes are birds of prey. However, they aren’t raptors, but are songbirds. Though shrikes have a sharp, hooked beak, they are small and have weak legs. The little shrike ...

Vlad the Impaler, or Vlad III, was prince of Wallachia three times between 1448 and 1477. Wallachia was a region of Europe that eventually become present-day Romania. A ferocious warrior, Vlad was ...

Birds are declining faster and faster in 3 US hotspots, new study finds Archaeopteryx, one of the world's first proto birds, has a set of weird, never-before-seen features, new study reveals 'I'm more ...

It’s winter and the only thing my yard is full of right now is the hustle and bustle of hungry birds as they bicker with one another over food. This group is so reliable that I call them the “regulars ...

I had just checked out the landing near my backwaters cabin to see how thick the newly formed ice was. Open water was all that was visible the day before, but cold overnight air had surprisingly ...

The weather this month so far has not always been winter-like. Temperatures have shown a huge variation, from 15- to 20 below as we began the month, to near 50 above just ten days later. Again, the ...

Source: Guoliang Li, used with permission. When it comes to the battle between tiny rodents known as Brandt’s voles and carnivorous birds called shrikes, the birds may seem to have all the advantages.

The ancient sport of falconry used trained hawks or falcons in the pursuit of wild game. When the “educated predator” was allowed to fly, however, it often flew too high for human eyes to see. So a ...

Most people find something majestic about the birds of prey that soar above rivers and prairies looking for food. It does not seem to bother them that their targets — the fish, mice, rabbits and ...