Peregrine falcon populations experienced a major decline in the 1970s because of DDT use. DDT is a pesticide that was used in agricultural production, and the U.S. banned it in 1972.

On one of the most oppressive days of the recent heat wave, Reading police Officer Helene Alexander engaged in the most important foot pursuit of her five-year career on the force. She and partner ...

A fledgling peregrine falcon rescued by a Reading police officer on Penn Square in June will not be released back into the wild, according to an official with the Red Creek Wildlife Center.

A Peregrine falcon takes flight at the State Line Lookout at Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine, NJ on Wednesday Oct. 25, 2023. Come to think of it, Flaco was reported AWOL earlier this year ...

Soon after the Beast arrived in 2016, she took up with the local male falcon, and both have been fixtures ever since. Like the other peregrines in this region, they have stayed on territory year ...

A peregrine falcon born at the We Energies Valley Power Plant nest box earlier this year has been spotted in the wild. Trapper was one of nine peregrine falcon chicks born during the most recent ...

A pigeon aficionado pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Tacoma court to killing a peregrine falcon, a result of an undercover sting targeting bird club members accused of killing thousands of hawks and ...

Barb Brewer of Soarin’ Hawk Raptor Rehabilitation Center holds Storm, one of four falcon chicks that were banded Friday at Indiana Michigan Power Center, an annual event for chicks hatched atop ...

July 25 (UPI) --Police in Maine responded to a toy store where a peregrine falcon chasing a pigeon ended up trapped inside the store.The Ellsworth Police Department said in a Facebook post that an ...

Peregrine falcon nest found in Stony Brook State Park for the first time on record The endangered birds were first noticed this spring at the Steuben County state park.

Jonah Shifrin, 42, looks up at a peregrine falcon near the 100 block of South Wacker Drive, June 1, 2023. But the intimidation tactics didn’t seem to be working Thursday afternoon.