It was well north of 3 a.m. when the soft hooting of a distant great horned owl pulled me from the gentle arms of Morpheus, that mythological god of sleep and dreams. In the heat and stillness of the ...

Big owls, little owls, white owls, dark owls, owls with "ears," awww-cute owls — there's plenty to see in the trees. If you're an owl fan (and who isn't?), then you'll be happy to know that it's ...

Of all the creative ways to strike up a gobble, the owl hoot is a tried-and-true classic. But in all the times you’ve let “who cooks for you” rip, have you ever stopped to wonder why turkeys often ...

An owl’s head does not, in fact, turn a full 360 degrees. Its ear holes are lopsided in order to better pinpoint sound and locate prey. And, on some species, feathers glow under ultraviolet light.

A great horned owl uttered its low series of hoots, awakening me from sleep. Another one, with a slightly higher pitch, entered the conversation. It was Halloween past, just a few minutes before ...

DEAR JOAN: We live about a mile from Mission San Jose, and sometimes I hear birds making a “hoo-hoo” call at around 1 or 2 a.m. We were wondering if the calls are being made by owls, doves or pigeons?

The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped New York’s Central Park Zoo last year, showed just how tough it is to survive in a world altered by humans. The gorgeous creature with a ...

Native to the arctic, snowy owls migrate south in the winter, sometimes as far as Ohio. Here's where one was spotted recently ...