Julie Cotton of UC Davis releases peregrine falcon Nox to the wild on October 18 ... Nox was snacking on quail before his release, and clutches it in his talons as he flies away. (Trina Wood, UC Davis ...

The peregrine falcon is the fastest moving ... But each kills its prey differently. Hawks use their talons, and falcons rely ...

The falconer walks through the empty castle, which is dim aside from the neon blue and green of the frozen drink machines ...

A peregrine falcon that became famous through a popular webcam feed has taken to the skies again thanks to surgery on a wing he broke three months ago. Equinox (Nox) was found with fractures in ...

vice-like talons and powerful wings that can allow the bird to attain speeds topping 50 mph. That may seem fast, but nowhere near the velocity of its larger cousin, the peregrine falcon ...

They can reach speeds up to 240 mph, making them the fastest birds in the world.

Falcons have a sharp tooth — the “tomial tooth” — on their beak to sever their prey’s spine; hawks use their talons to kill ... s falcon species are the peregrine falcon, American ...

Jack Zhi (USA) records the moment a falcon hooks its talon into a pelican’s pouch and tugs it skywards. Jack had been watching this peregrine falcon for a while. He’d seen it attack gulls, ospreys and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — “Nox,” the youngest of four peregrine falcons that hatched this year at the University of California, Berkeley’s Campanile bell tower and grew up in front of a ...

Equinox, the UC Berkeley peregrine falcon nursed back to health at UC Davis has died just days after being released into the wild. The falcon was freed Oct. 18 from UC Davis and its California ...

UC Davis wildlife specialists are deeply saddened to share that Equinox (Nox), a peregrine falcon whose life was streamed on a popular UC Berkeley web cam feed, passed away last night (Oct. 23). A ...