Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

One evening last week I was serenaded by a screech owl. It reminded me how much I appreciate their call, something that could ...

Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North ...

They say the early bird catches the worm — probably because night owls are too depressed to do it. But why night owls — people who like to go to bed late and wake up late — seem to struggle mentally ...

If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...

It’s a sound that adds to the mystery of a cold winter night – a call that makes the night a little darker and the woods a bit wilder. When I heard the great horned owl call last week from a distant ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. In general, our circadian rhythms are governed by the ...