Every birder knows it—hawks are some of the trickiest birds to identify. Sure, it’s almost always obvious when you’ve seen a hawk. But which hawk? Red-tailed hawks are widespread across most of the ...

Yet birds still need to fly to navigate their environment, hunt and perch. Using four synchronized high-speed cameras, Martínez-Carmena tracked the wing and tail movements of Jack, a resident ...

Red-tailed hawks can compensate for feather loss during molt by subtly changing their wing and tail movements, according to a new study by University of California, Davis, researchers in the College ...

Hear the story of America’s most common hawk. Find out about the aerial acrobatics that make their mating so spectacular.