Story and photos by Joseph Richards Under a cloudless West Texas sky, a determined hunter watches his dogs working the brush.

A red-tailed hawk named Stache pins a gray squirrel after a successful hunt. Credit: Courtesy of Christi Elliott I’m an “experience” hunter, not to be confused with an experienced hunter. So I was ...

If there has been any theme to this winter it has been cold. For the first time in years, the temperatures have dropped below freezing and generally remained there for weeks on end. Back when I was a ...

My wife and I often joke that we have our own little wild kingdom in our backyard. Over the years that we have lived in our house on the southeast side of Pittsfield, we have seen creatures big and ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - It was a typical Thursday afternoon before spring break for students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The sun was out and students had on jackets in the near-28-degree ...

Soren, one of the Audubon Community Nature Center’s ambassador red-tailed hawks, is pictured. Red-tailed Hawks are one of the most common and widespread raptors of North America, but they are also ...

Wisconsin hunter Josh Astell has received the 2025 Ethical Hunter Award after rescuing an injured red-tailed hawk during a hunting trip. He brought the bird to the Dane County Humane Society’s ...