My love affair with owls bloomed slowly. In fact, until recently, they terrified me—I wanted to be nowhere near their hooked beaks, sharp talons and wide eyes. My phobia peaked when I shared a ...

TACOMA, Wash. — Halloween is almost here which means... we might see some spooky critters! We're seeing plenty of real life spiders and webs, but some people might even catch glimpses of owls and bats ...

The notion of owls as wise birds has its roots in Ancient Greece and mythology. "Owls have enthralled humanity for centuries, earning a reputation for wisdom that persists into modern society," said ...

Owls are associated with intelligence, which isn’t surprising, because these birds have incredible smarts and even distinct personalities, as ecologist Carl Safina learned firsthand. After he and his ...

In mammals, including you, specialized nerve cells called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in the anterior hypothalamus ...

I was reading a story in the New York Times the other day when I came upon this sentence, buried at the bottom of the 14th paragraph: “Last month, reports surfaced in Oklahoma of great horned owls ...

During a span of five weeks last fall, more than four dozen owls were discovered sick or dead across metropolitan Phoenix. The baseball-sized flammulated owls – able to fly 300 miles in a day - were ...

Understand the great gray owl's remarkable adaptability through advanced research, revealing their unique urban-migration ...

The Arctic bird typically arrives in Chicago mid- to late December, Warden said. An unusually early arrival may signal an “irruption year,” a migratory boom when large numbers of snowy owls migrate ...