Raising and training falcons in captivity can help conserve these beloved symbols of the Arabian Peninsula. A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the ...

For the volunteer watchers scanning southern Israel's wheatfields, protecting migratory falcons from poachers is a highly ...

Mesopotamia played a crucial role in the transmission of falconry as a cultural technique,” Mr. Hadjinicolaou writes, ...

Falconry is inscribed on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and is hugely popular in the Gulf. In the United Arab Emirates, passports for falcons were introduced in 2002 in an effort ...