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 ...

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

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 ...

In the same way that I like to look for signs of spring, now, in the fall, I enjoy the countdown to winter. I have a short-term goal as well — the countdown to Halloween. How many "ghoulish" things in ...