It’s hard to believe that the barn owl (Tyto alba), the most widely distributed owl over our entire globe, is struggling here in Pennsylvania and in many other states. In fact, in 2020 only 45 known ...

Look for flashes of white on dark roads, and you might spot an American barn owl. Learn about a barn owl call, nest, wings ...

It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

The 2022 fall hunting season was shaping up to be one of the best since I began flying large falcons during the 1980s.

Long ago, I decided to take my niece and nephew to the movies as a treat and one I quickly regretted as my niece complained ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Southern California driver discovered a live great horned owl lodged in their car’s grille Sunday morning, with ...

Three or four times a year, Chris Anderson takes off on a multi-day road trip around the Western United States. He drives from sunup to sundown to scour farms, vineyards, and forests for the tiny, ...

Have you ever heard a strange whistle in the night sometimes? It may have sounded similar to a Great Horned Owl with its hoo-hoots, but where a Great Horned Owl's song echoes, this one is a bit ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wandering through a woodland as darkness folds over twilight often frightens people. We’re each preprogrammed to have an instinctual fear of the dark. That anxiety begins while we’re children as we ...