Owls are known for their near-silent flight, which allows them to swoop down on prey unheard. Wind turbines, on the other hand, are often accused of being too noisy. A team of British and American ...

Griffith and her colleagues' interest in the study stemmed from the fact that many owl researchers use these fluorescent feathers to age birds in the field, since the intensity of the fluorescent glow ...

Kansas City, Mo.? When a great horned owl is released back into the wild Monday night, it can thank staff members of Kansas City’s Lakeside Nature Center, Super Glue and bamboo shoots. The large ...

Many species of owl are able to hunt without being heard by their prey by suppressing the noise of their wings at sound frequencies above 1.6 kilohertz. (Reuters) Owl wings may inspire the next ...

An owl glides by on silent wings. Many holiday travelers probably wish airplanes could do the same. "On airplanes, the back edge of the wing is where you get most of the noise," Justin Jaworski, a ...

In late autumn a male great horned owl sent his soft, deep hoots out from a stand of trees in Minnetonka. He'd been away for two months and was making it known that this was still his territory, after ...

ST. PAUL, MN (CBS/WCCO) -- A Snowy Owl is recovering at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, thanks to an innovative procedure to give him a feather transplant. The bird came to Minnesota after ...

When in South Dakota last week looking for Snowy Owls I found a patch of owl feathers on the ground. They were breast feathers, three or four dozen in a rough circle. A Snowy Owl had been attacked by ...

When a snowy owl with a severely dislocated wing was driven to a Regina rehabilitation centre this month, staff knew there was nothing they could do. The bird was euthanized. But his story didn’t end ...

An incredibly rare ghostly white "Ino" owl has been spotted in the UK. The beautiful pure white owl was photographed at a secret location, on private land just outside of Durham City Center. It is a ...