The number of American kestrels has dropped sharply. That goes against the trend for birds of prey, broadly seen as a conservation bright spot. A tagged kestrel in Harmony Township, N.J., held by ...

But it definitely met the definition of "precious cargo." The two-hand carry was used to safely cradle an American kestrel chick out of its temporary quarters for processing at a portable research ...

The American Kestrel, North America’s smallest and most colorful falcon, has been steadily declining since the 1970s. Despite being a familiar sight in open fields and perched on roadside wires ...

New insights into the secrets of hovering kestrels could help delivery drones navigate the gusty air in cities, scientists at the University of Bristol and RMIT University in Australia suggest.

A new joint study by RMIT and the University of Bristol has revealed secrets to the remarkably steady flight of kestrels and could inform future drone designs and flight control strategies.

Kestrels have been trained to fly inside a wind tunnel to reveal how they can hover in turbulent winds while keeping their heads almost perfectly still. Training the two captive-bred nankeen ...

Our American kestrels need more nests. The numbers of North America’s smallest falcon have been in freefall since the 1960s and are now down by half due to loss of habitat, predation by Cooper ...

Unfortunately, the most common falcon, American kestrel, is on a downward slide, although it is still easily the most frequent of Ohio’s falcons. American kestrels are about the size of a blue ...