Find out why this behavior happens, what it reveals about your environment and if seeing an owl is a good sign.

Barn owls pull off something that seems almost impossible: striking prey with lethal accuracy in pitch-black darkness, guided ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

When I think of owls, I picture majestic birds swooping down silently from the skies. Sometimes I think of the mesmerizing ways they move their heads, or the huge eyes that stare into your soul. But ...

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 ...

Don’t let owls’ cute faces fool you—they’re deadly predators. This duality is part of what makes them so mysterious to humans. And their contradictions don’t end there: Their hoots are among the most ...

Several of great gray owls' physical features, especially parts of their wings and face, help them correct for sonic distortions caused by snow, enabling them to find hidden, moving food with ...