High atop the branches of an Eastern white pine, the alarm sounds near midnight. “Hoo-hoohoo-hoo” goes the call. It’s the unmistakable hoot of Pennsylvania’s own tiger of the air – the great horned ...

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 ...

When the cloak of night sweeps across the earth, and the moon stretches our shadows, careful little creatures begin scanning the skies for predators that stalk on silent wings — the owls. Four species ...

The Great Grey Owl practices tireless hunting efforts. This has to do with the owl’s decision not to migrate, but instead to remain in the same location year-round. Consequently, during the winter, ...

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 ...

Researchers use boomboxes in the forest to study how smaller birds avoid predators. Using boomboxes to amplify predator bird sounds in the wild, University of Florida researchers have found that ...

HUMBOLDT COUNTY (KPIX 5) -- Killing one species to save another sounds like a drastic solution, but that's exactly what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is doing in California to protect the Spotted ...

Threatening owl calls cause robins to reduce their food intake at night, new research has revealed. The hooting of tawny owls makes the red-breasted birds eat less during their southward migration, ...