Name: Eleonora’s falcon (Falco eleonorae) Where it lives: Breeding in the Mediterranean and off the northwest coast of Africa, wintering in Madagascar What it eats: Insects, bats and small birds Why it’s awesome: The Eleonora’s falcon is a small raptor that takes its hunting abilities to the next level — by catching its prey alive […]
A Moscow court sentenced two men to prison for participating in a reading of poems against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in public, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty reported on Dec. 28. Russia passed sweeping censorship laws in March 2022 that essentially criminalized any public criticism of the invasion, contradiction of Russian propaganda, or […]