A female saker falcon guards her chicks—called eyases—in their nest overlooking the Mongolian plain. Genghis Khan is said to have kept hundreds of the birds for hunting. Today sakers are ...

“The eagle hunting community in Mongolia has never before had a place like this in which to gather.” The foundation worked closely with the Kazakh Falconry Association, as well as Nomadic ...

Whether building aeries for raptors or scrabbling up perilous rock ledges in Mongolia, biologist and bird behaviorist David Ellis has a mission: to aid the saker falcon. Long a favorite of Middle ...