JAMESTOWN, N.D.-Scientists banded young merlin falcons nesting in a Jamestown park on Wednesday to help build research on the birds in North Dakota. Wildlife biologists Matthew Solensky and Tammy Otto ...

For the first time in 108 years, Iowa has a documented nest occupied by swift, fierce and graceful merlins. 'This is very cool, very exciting,” said Department of Natural Resources wildlife diversity ...

Avid birder Leslie Sours was gardening in her Upper Arlington yard on a fine day in April when she was startled by a bullet-like bird whooshing over. Its emphatic yipping calls drew her eyes skyward ...

Female Merlin in September in N.H. photographed by Nance Masterson. Merlins, small falcons, used to be found only in northern N.H.. They have been expanding their breeding range south across New ...

The merlin is a scrapper of a falcon known for picking on much larger birds and for eating smaller birds, which it snatches in mid-air during pursuits that are so speedy they’ll take your breath away.

A fleet of Wildcats and Merlins from the Royal Marines has recently arrived in the High North to assist their commando comrades. For two months, the helicopters will have to withstand below freezing ...

Meet the Merlins: Spike, the mother, is the feisty one. Thor, the father, is calmer, the main provider. Then there’s Puff, so rambunctious he fell from a tree before he could fly. The family ...

From the earliest days of warfare, it’s never been enough to be able to build a deadlier weapon than your enemy can. Making a sharper spear, an arrow that flies farther and straighter, or a more ...