If there are updrafts from waves, some flying fish can fly 1,200 feet. The fish's ability to fly out of the water and glide over the surface has allowed it to escape and hide from predators.

Falcon vs Hawk Flying Range . ... neil bowman / Getty Images. Starting in the mid-1900s birds of prey all over the world were slowly poisoned by a bioaccumulation of DDT, ...

Look up in the sky this fall and you may see hawks flying overhead. This season, thousands of hawks are passing through metro Detroit as they travel south for the winter.