Technically speaking, families of all animals are classified into sub-groups. Such a sub-group is called a genus. The accipiter is a genus of the hawk family comprised of three species. The smallest ...

Oct. 19—Dan Casey saw the bird first, shimmering against the distant horizon like a desert mirage. From his perch, about two miles away, it was little more than a flicker of motion sketched across a ...

Every year as mid-August approaches, an office pool of sorts pops up around Hawk Mountain Sanctuary as hawk enthusiasts try to predict the first raptor that will be sighted on the first official count ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Earlier this month, students and staff at Anderson County Innovative Academy heard a thump on their glass door. When they came outside, they found a Sharp-shinned hawk ...