The common swift may not have a fancy name, but these small birds are marvels of velocity. Regularly cruising around 110kph ...

Explore the world’s fastest birds of prey, from falcons to eagles, and learn how extreme speed and high-velocity make them ...

The white-throated needletail (a type of swift) is the world's fastest bird in level flight, capable of cruising at around ...

The question about the fastest flying avian might’ve come up in casual conversations with friends, in your child's homework or, perhaps, just out of simple curiosity. According to a study led by the ...

Falcons are known to be fast and powerful predatory birds. However, the peregrine falcon stands in a class by itself. The peregrine falcon is so fast that scientists had to create a computer model to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — It isn’t every day Austinites get a glimpse of the world’s fastest bird in action. But such was the case when a 12-year-old peregrine falcon named Yukon Jack made his annual migration ...

The Golden Eagle is the world's second-fastest bird, reaching incredible dive speeds of around 200 mph.

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest. Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and ...

Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest. That's the main finding of a new University of ...