We’ve reached that time of the year when winter is starting to flex her muscles. The leaves are off the trees, snow has already been seen, the morning temperatures are frequently below freezing, and ...

Northern harriers glide low over fields and marshes, using sight and sound to hunt and can be spotted in open habitats with ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This colored lithograph of "Buteo ...

Hailing from the ancestry of dinosaurs, a red-tailed hawk is one of the mightiest assailants. From an eyesight that can spy a mouse from hundreds of feet up in the sky to an angled beak that acts as a ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land — wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, along with those smart little dinner jackets of theirs. Yet the first time ...

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Falling midway between north and south, Yellowstone is a popular migration corridor where these hawks like to stop by while migrating south for the winter, the park writes on Instagram. Some of them ...