An interesting safety feature found on turboprops is called Propeller Feathering. What is it, and how does it work?

It’s now widely accepted that birds evolved from dinosaurs, but imagine telling that to a 19th-century fossil collector.

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Against the backdrop of U.S. attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, a scholar of presidential powers examines the history and current use of the laws around US military action.

But some birds are total badasses—they swoop down, talons ready, and take on one of nature’s most feared creatures: snakes.

A Comanche-led conservation project takes on an increasingly urgent mission: protecting the birds revered by many tribes while preserving traditions at the heart of their culture.

The man, who built a small waterfowl impoundment on his property, also used a banned pesticide, carbofuran, to poison the eagles and hawks. The defendant was sentenced to one day in jail, two ...

The feathers drift to the street where other food debris accumulates, which is where the rodent thing comes in. The hawks eat a lot of small birds, but they also eat a lot of mice.

A “hormonal” hawk that terrorized bald men by dive-bombing their vulnerable noggins for weeks was finally captured in a small English village, neighbors said Friday.

Driving on Vermont’s Interstate highways in winter, I often notice large hawks perched in trees on woodland edges at regular intervals along the road. With the stark landscape providing better ...

Hawks asleep Q: We see red-tailed hawks in the daytime, perching on top of freeway light poles, but I wonder: Where do they sleep at night? A: Good question, and the Raptor Center has the answer.

Yuan Zheng is deputy director of the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He is also the vice-president and secretary general of the Chinese Association for ...