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 ...

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 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 ...

By Stephen Beech Hostile owl hoots make robins eat less at night, reveals new research. The sound of tawny owls makes the red-breasted birds eat less during their southward migration, according to the ...

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 ...