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 ...

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 ...

DEAR JOAN: We live about a mile from Mission San Jose, and sometimes I hear birds making a “hoo-hoo” call at around 1 or 2 a.m. We were wondering if the calls are being made by owls, doves or pigeons?

Lately, you may have heard them: “hoot” owls. No such critter named “hoot owl” appears in any field guide, but their calls earn them the moniker. The “hoo-hoo-hoo” kinds of calls belong to either ...

The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl? In the summer of 1990, I found ...

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 ...

Water-Loving Tiny Owl Performing Wet ‘Sploot-n-Hoot’ Routine Has Everyone in Love originally appeared on Parade Pets. There are some pretty adorable pets roaming the earth, and some of them are almost ...

A great horned owl uttered its low series of hoots, awakening me from sleep. Another one, with a slightly higher pitch, entered the conversation. It was Halloween past, just a few minutes before ...