A new study, published in the Journal of Raptor Research, reveals that Africa's smallest diurnal bird of prey, the pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus), operates within one of the smallest breeding ...

Scientists have long assumed raptors need vast territories to raise their young, but a tiny falcon barely heavier than a golf ball is forcing researchers to tear up that assumption and start over.

Think of a bird of prey and you picture space: an eagle pinned against a ridge, a vulture working the thermals over a hundred kilometers of open country. Raptors, the story goes, own the sky for miles ...

Toby, the Pygmy Falcon, may only be 9 months old and approximately the size of an overcaffeinated potato, but apparently that hasn't stopped him from developing VERY strong opinions about absolutely ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pygmy falcon© Stephen Temple from Cape Town, South Africa, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The post This 3-Ounce Falcon Is ...