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 ...

The hoots of the great horned owl, the most common owl species in San Diego County, are something we hear throughout the year ...

Earlier this winter just after midnight, my parents were binge-watching "Game of Thrones" when they heard a thunderous chorus of hooting outside their home in Shakopee. My parents have relatively poor ...

The owl population around my place has flourished in recent years, but I have to wonder if it’s because my rodent population ...

It’s 2 a.m. on Easter morning, and I’m awakened by "Hoo ho-hoo? Hoo hooo." The cadence is like, “Who’s awake? Me, too.” I open my window. The night is still. For certain, a great horned owl is calling ...

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 ...

Uhu, a Eurasian eagle-owl at the International Owl Center in Houston, Minn., rests its head on the shoulder of Karla Bloem, the center's director. --or on a quiet walk in the woods. I'm talking about ...