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 ...

It was well north of 3 a.m. when the soft hooting of a distant great horned owl pulled me from the gentle arms of Morpheus, that mythological god of sleep and dreams. In the heat and stillness of the ...

Spotting an owl glide through the treetops is a thrilling experience, its silhouette a shadow against the twilight sky. A hallmark of owls is their completely silent flight. But when they do make ...

I heard a barred owl hooting one night in the woods that surround my house. A few nights later, I heard a great horned owl, with a different, descending pattern of hoots. What I heard was probably ...

An owl’s head does not, in fact, turn a full 360 degrees. Its ear holes are lopsided in order to better pinpoint sound and locate prey. And, on some species, feathers glow under ultraviolet light.

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 ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a question about owls. Every morning about 5 a.m., an owl roosts in my redwood tree and hoots for at least 20 minutes. I think this is very cool but have questions regarding this ...