Speaking up for invisible raptors
(PHYSorg.com Biology)

Birds of prey such as owls, eagles, falcons and vultures are soaring and elegant predators. But many raptors worldwide have flown under the scientific radar and are all but invisible: Ten species of raptors, out of 557 total, comprise one-third of all raptor research, and one-fifth of all species have never been studied in a scientific publication. That`s the conclusion of a recent paper in Diversity and Distributions by University of Utah researchers and their collaborators.