New research reveals that medieval birds of prey, including red kites and buzzards, thrived on human leftovers rather than hunting live prey.

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to ...

Here, Professor Ian Rotherham, gives his insight into these extraordinary birds of prey. The picture this week is of a recent sighting of Red Kite over Sheffield neighbourhood Norton by my ...

The researchers looked at bones from 11 red kites, 18 buzzards, and three white-tailed eagles found at archaeological sites across Britain.

A bird of prey found dead in the Highlands was poisoned with a banned pesticide, police have said. The red kite was found in the Ruthven area of the Monadhliath mountains, south of Inverness ...

Birds of prey in medieval Britain relied far more heavily on scavenging human waste than previously thought, according to ...

PRESENTER: So what about the birds of prey that you'd find here, like the red kite, what do they look like? MIKE: If you just hold this for one second. PRESENTER: What's this? Hey! Oh! Thought ...

Caption Black-winged kites (Elanus caeruleus) are small raptors (birds of prey) with high hunting success that prey on small animals such as voles, as shown in the photo. We tracked some kites ...

Several dead birds of prey have been found dumped in a ditch, prompting a police investigation. Three barn owls, a tawny owl and a red kite, all of which have special legal protection, were found ...

I saw one of the most beautiful birds of prey in North America this week, as it hovered over a fallowed field north of Highline Road: a White-tailed Kite. These striking birds are among my favorites ...