The handler of a hawk used to scare pigeons away from Wimbledon has played down concerns of a succession crisis. Rufus, an American Harris hawk raised in Brigstock, Northamptonshire, has been ...

American tennis star Taylor Fritz took down Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 to punch his ticket to the ...

She was a common black hawk. He was a red-shouldered hawk. They weren’t in the same genus, let alone the same species, and they normally don’t even live ...

The red-tailed hawk, one of the most common hawk species across North America, tends to hunt small, lightweight prey like rabbits, rodents and snakes. Shanthanu Bhardwaj / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hawks and eagles are among the more than 200 species of the family Accipitridae, a group of swift, strong raptors that kill other animals for food and are active during the day. Hawks are ...

Rufus the hawk has patrolled the Wimbledon skies and kept them largely pigeon-free for almost 20 years. But the succession ...

The lifespan of tarantula hawks can vary slightly depending on species and environmental conditions. Generally, adult tarantula hawks, particularly females, can live for about 6 to 12 months.

A new species of snake was recently discovered after scientists spotted it taking on a hawk on a Papua New Guinea island. Measuring as long as 4 feet, 8 inches, the Dendrelaphis anthracina, or ...

In British Columbia, a pair of bald eagles are caring for a baby red-tailed hawk, in addition to their own three eaglets. The species have been known to fight to the death.

Ferruginous hawks that spend their winters in California have been unexpectedly thriving. Yet, their numbers have been significantly declining in their preferred grassland habitats for over 20 years.

The National Museum of Natural History’s Lepidoptera collection holds up to half of the world's species of hawk moths, important pollinators for many wild ecosystems. There are over 1450 species ...

Rufus has proven so effective in his role that officials had hoped he would pass on his sharp instincts to a successor ...