Cheetahs have a reputation for speed. While the big cats may be able to reach speeds of 75 mph, it's nothing compared to the top speeds of other animals. It's not even the fastest mammal!

The falcon's level flight speed is much slower however between 40 to 55 km/h per hour or 25 and 34 mph. The peregrine is a large, stunning bird of prey with a slate grey back, darker wingtips ...

Peregrine falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom based on top speed, and the bird even looked like it had spotted John’s camera as it gazed down the lens in one picture.

Thus, for the peregrine falcon, being on top of a food chain has its price. For the human race, the peregrine, like the proverbial canary in the coal mine, is a barometer of environmental health.

Trapper, the peregrine falcon, was recently spotted in the wild for the first time after leaving the We Energies nesting box in June. A peregrine falcon born at the We Energies Valley Power Plant ...