The fastest a human has ever been recorded running was Usain Bolt in the 2009 Olympics. Bolt ran the 100-meter dash in an astonishing 9.58 seconds. This equals 27.78 miles per hour, and the record ...

A colorful umbrella was Grace LeCuyer’s shield as she warded off a protective parent that is prone to dive-bombing her. The raptor survey coordinator held off Moxie, the peregrine falcon chick’s ...

If wide population distribution is a sure sign of an animal’s evolutionary success, then the falcon is a clear winner. The roughly 40 types of falcons are distributed across every continent except ...