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A male Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus), ringed as a juvenile in June 1997 and fitted with a GSM GPS transmitter by Simon Thomsett and Ralph Buij of The Peregrine Fund in September 2021, may have been...

Not every raptor packs its bags when the seasons change. Some birds of prey travel thousands of miles twice a year, while others never leave home. In fact, more raptor species are partial migrants or non...

This season brought record numbers for Ridgway's Hawk on nearly every front, both in the Dominican Republic and in Haiti. But our team had a little help from an unexpected source: a young male hawk from a...

New GPS tracking research from a Kenyan wind farm reveals that raptors don't all respond to turbines the same way—and one species in particular is flying dangerously close. The findings are already shaping...

Deep in the rainforests of Puerto Rico, Nashally Folch Mercado was utilizing cutting edge automated recorders to study threatened wildlife. But when she wanted to switch to a more hands-on position, it was...

Concerning news for falcons in the Arctic: a new study has linked warmer summers to fewer surviving young for both Gyrfalcons and Peregrine Falcons. But there’s a twist—the two species are reacting to...

Alaska's Seward Peninsula just saw record prey numbers and one of the strongest Gyrfalcon breeding seasons in years—but one strange shift in the population has researchers watching closely. The season's...

This year marks 30 years since the first California Condors were released into the wild in Arizona, establishing the Arizona–Utah population we still monitor today. Three wild fledglings are nearing their...

Puerto Rican Sharp-shinned Hawks just had another excellent season, with 27 young fledged and 50 individuals counted, both figures the highest since Hurricane Maria pushed the subspecies to the brink of...

A new study surveying 200 people across 20 communities in The Gambia found nearly 90 percent value Hooded Vultures—but belief-based use of vulture parts remains a widespread, poorly understood threat...