Somewhere just above the cottonwoods, in that realm of darkness on a moonless night, a screech demanded attention. A second screech — every mouse foraging on the ground doubtlessly froze in place. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

This past summer I heard my first screech owl. My son, who majored in mythologies of nature in college was excited to hear this. He told me about how entwined screech owls are with our feelings about ...

Q: We have four owls that have taken up residence in our palm tree in the past two weeks, and they are showing no signs of leaving. This normally wouldn’t be a problem except they screech from dusk to ...

Sure owls are intriguing, what with their big eyes and their nighttime habits. But did you know scientists and engineers are tapping into the owl’s unique ability to fly silently in an effort to ...