At least one hen harrier in the past year has been poisoned by a lethal mix dubbed ‘the Nidderdale Cocktail,’ the RSPB has revealed. The charity said it suspects that a total of seven RSPB ...

Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of raptors -- harriers. A new study has found that harriers across the world are able to keep ...

Owls, well adapted to hearing the exact location of prey, have something in common with an unrelated group of raptors—harriers. A new study led by Canadian and Australian researchers has found that ...

This gorgeous adult female northern harrier shows an arc of speckled feathers that separates her face from her neck. This is the hint that she has a parabolic dish of feathers that collects faint ...

A northern harrier glides above an artichoke field by Highway 1 near Wilder Ranch in Santa Cruz. The northern harrier, also ...

Since 2014, the RSPB has fitted solar powered satellite tags to Hen Harriers in an effort to track their movements and ...

Did you know that we now have bald eagles living around us in East Tennessee? Can you tell the difference between a mature eagle and a juvenile? And what time of the year would you expect to see a ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 29, 2025) A study in Environment International finds pesticide-induced alterations in the gut microbiota of a farmland raptor species. In collecting blood and cloacal samples ...

A GAMEKEEPER has been sentenced for trying to kill a legally-protected bird at Grassington Moor. The case against Racster Dingwall, 35, for encouraging or assisting bird of prey persecution, using the ...