By Stephen Beech Hostile owl hoots make robins eat less at night, reveals new research. The sound of tawny owls makes the red ...

It’s March. This is when I find myself torn between clinging to winter and beginning to look for signs of spring, for the forest to begin to shake off its winter torpor. A time to look for breeding ...

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 ...

The small 8-inch owls produce tremulous trills that can sound chilling in the darkness, as heard during the recent ...

In the same way that I like to look for signs of spring, now, in the fall, I enjoy the countdown to winter. I have a short-term goal as well — the countdown to Halloween. How many "ghoulish" things in ...

Owls are some of the best-known birds in the world, famous for their hooting calls and their excellent eyesight. There are approximately 250 species of owls in the world, and they can be found on ...

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 ...

It’s dusk, and you’re outside taking down the last of the Christmas decorations. Suddenly, you hear what sounds like a ping-pong ball that just got dropped. It starts out slow, accelerates in tempo ...