Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

A listener responded to our invitation to send recordings of backyard wildlife with audio of a spooky bird screech. An expert at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology helped solve the mystery. OK, that's not ...

(WHTM) — The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) released a post showing owls you can find in Pennsylvania and included links to the sounds they make. According to a Facebook post from the PGC, owls ...

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

EMPIRE, MI -- Some of Michigan’s most majestic birdwatching happens when everything else falls silent, in which case nature enthusiasts can partake in bird-listening. The winter is the best time to ...

Owls are the stars of the Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds next weekend. “Washington has the highest density of owls in North America,” said photographer Paul Bannick, author of “The Owl and the ...

As it turns out, that peep was central to the owl’s discovery and classification as a unique species. Martim Melo, the new study’s lead researcher and a evolutionary biologist at the University of ...

Volunteers have found new pairs of powerful owls in South Australia's south-east, where the species is rarely seen. The owls' calls were recorded as part of an acoustic monitoring project across the ...

Some bats buzz like wasps and bees when grasped, and the sound seems to deter predatory owls. The findings reveal what may be the first known case of a mammal mimicking an insect, researchers report ...