On northern Michigan cherry farms, a tiny falcon is quietly reshaping how growers think about both crop protection and food ...

Kestrels are already abundant on local cherry farms, but a new study suggests their presence might lower the risk of food-borne illnesses caused by pathogens from other birds.

A quick look could cause us to mistake an American kestrel for a mourning dove perched on a wire. But a careful look reveals a bird with a beak like a hawk. It’s a diminutive falcon, at about ...

At some point in your life you have probably glanced out a car window and seen a medium-sized bird maniacally flapping its wings while hovering in place over a grassy median or side of the road. The ...