Owls are the stars of the Puget Sound Bird Fest in Edmonds next weekend. “Washington has the highest density of owls in North America,” said photographer Paul Bannick, author of “The Owl and the ...

Biological science technician Alaina Thomas during a night survey, listening for the hoot of a spotted owl.Todd Sonflieth/OPB photo The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer ...

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 ...

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

And let's take a moment to listen to the sounds of your backyard, or one like yours. OK, that's not actually a bird whistling reveille. But when we invited people to send us sounds of nature, we heard ...

The owls were subjected to two distinct sounds, direct and reflected, with the first-arriving sound causing neurons to discharge. "The owls' auditory neurons are very responsive to the leading edge of ...

Here's what you need to know about the tawny owl THE tawny owl is one of just six species of owl in the UK – and there are fears the stocky bird could be endangered. As researchers call on the British ...

Wise and wide-eyed may spring to mind when thinking of owls, but when it comes to hunting down their prey with lethal efficiency, silent is the most apt. Once in the air, the birds are able to swoop ...