In the animal kingdom, the battle between predators and prey can be fierce and surprising. One such unusual showdown occurs ...

Owls do make noise when they fly, but the sounds they make are faint compared with other birds. This is in part because they have big wings for their body size, so their flight is buoyant and slow ...

Fledging great horned owls learn art of flight, how to hunt This April 30, 2015 photo, shows a great horned owl in a pine tree in Bozeman, Mont. Great horned owls breed every year and generally ...

That's because their skin and feathers dampen sound by absorbing high- and low-frequency flight noise. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

It was a direct round-trip flight plan: no layovers, no re-routes, just one 7,000-mile round trip between Logan International Airport and the Arctic Circle. A snowy owl residing at Logan and ...

A consortium of scientists says it has gained some additional wisdom on what makes owl flight so quiet—and how to emulate the owl’s special physiology to muffle the sound of a blade passing ...

While studying gliding flight, they recorded about 100 barn owl flights, but they will need to collect more from the wing-beating flight, he said. Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter now.

This wildlife story started six months ago on a lonely winter night in deep forest. The affair reached its pinnacle late this past week. It provides a glimpse into the little-seen world of ...

A Montreal traffic camera captured stunning images of a snowy owl in flight over a highway earlier this week. A series of images were taken on Jan. 3 by a traffic camera over Montreal’s Highway ...

Connecticut is home to eight species of owl, all of which face many human-related challenges. Local conservation efforts, including rehabilitation, are helping to protect these elusive birds of prey.

Nick went back in June to witness the owl's release back into the wild. Lost from its parents, a young owl takes flight back to NC forest | WFAE 90.7 - Charlotte's NPR News Source ...