A band is placed on a young peregrine falcon, May 31, 2011 at the U.S. Bank Building in downtown Cedar Rapids. The falcon and its three siblings were banded, given health checks and had a blood sample ...

(IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Peregrine falcon reproduction in Iowa “likely remains stable” following successful reintroduction efforts in the 1990s, but the Iowa Department of Natural Resources said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peregrine falcon feeding chicks in Iowa during the 2025 nesting season. (Photo courtesy of DNR nest monitoring volunteer, Randy ...

The Iowa DNR says their surveys show ospreys, and peregrine falcons are doing well. The birds were almost wiped out in North America in the Mid-20th Century from pesticide use. DNR wildlife research ...

The osprey, along with the American bald eagle and peregrine falcon, was once a "poster child" for DDT contamination. The number of young ospreys in Iowa hit a record in 2025 with at least 58 ...

The U.S. and Canada have failed in their bid to loosen restrictions on the international trade in peregrine falcons, with delegates to CITES, the global wildlife trade convention, voting against it at ...

Peregrine falcons, the world’s fastest and most widespread raptors, recovered spectacularly after pesticides that nearly drove them to extinction were banned and captive-bred birds were rewilded, ...

In the skies above Princeton’s campus, peregrine falcons have been spotted near Fine Hall for almost a decade. Now, Diego Segura ’27 is leading an initiative to provide nest boxes for the birds.

GLOCESTER, R.I. (WPRI) — A local dentist played an important role in saving a peregrine falcon that was recently injured after hitting the side of Rhode Island Hospital. “I got a call from [the Rhode ...