Bears are symbols of power and resilience. Birds are symbols of freedom and mystery. At first glance, these two creatures ...

The creatures depicted in artist Marianne Hansen’s debut solo exhibition Birds of Prey may be high flyers — majestic, strong, ...

But some birds are total badasses—they swoop down, talons ready, and take on one of nature’s most feared creatures: snakes. That’s right. While most of us would rather run in the opposite direction, ...

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a marvel of evolutionary engineering, capable of something that seems almost magical—silent flight. In the dark woods of North America, these magnificent ...

The owl’s retina contains approximately five times more rod cells than the human retina, allowing them to see in light levels up to 100 times dimmer than humans can perceive. Some species, like the ...

FISHERS, Ind— A Great Horned Owl was spotted at Southeastern Elementary School on Thursday afternoon. Some kids found it caught in the soccer net. The kids proceeded to call the non-emergency ...

Great Horned owls are a significant predator of Great Grey juveniles. Our habitat selection study suggested that juvenile great grays require security cover: the owlets remained in forests with at ...

The Waco Police Department pulled off a unique rescue this week, saving a great horned owl that was trapped at the Foster Pavilion parking garage. According to Waco PD, the owl was stuck between ...

From fierce talons to stolen nests, the great horned owl’s wild success across two continents — and its surprising connection to hares — is a story of survival, strength and ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl known for its “plumicorns ...

A great horned owl was able to survive an encounter with a barbed wire fence in Fulshear, Texas, thanks to a local constable.