Use expert tips and a helpful chart to improve your hawk identification skills. Plus, learn about the common types of hawks you may see.

Arizona is home to around 30 species of tarantulas, but there's one fearless predator that's making headlines— the tarantula hawk. With its striking blue and orange colors, this wasp is a top ...

There is no shortage of stories about hawks picking up dogs and cats. Here's how much weight a hawk can actually carry.

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 ...

Size The Ferruginous hawk is North America's largest hawk species. Dennis Holcomb Photography / Getty Images One of the biggest, most obvious distinctions between hawks and falcons is size.

Many folks, though, can’t distinguish the difference between real hawks and falcons. Georgia is home — at least part of the year — to six hawk species and three falcon species.

JAKARTA — Most of the habitat of the Javan hawk-eagle is protected, but threats of forest degradation and isolation loom over the surviving population of Indonesia’s national bird, a new study ...

A ferruginous hawk, which is native to the western United States and is the largest hawk species in North America, flies over Morris Island in Chatham.

The red-tailed hawks, one of the larger raptors, mark the most widespread hawk species in the Great Lakes region, according to MI Birds.

Hawks and falcons are also raptors. Some of the most common species include red-tailed hawks, goshawks, and peregrine falcons.