The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.

MALAGA, Spain – Watch and listen to tense video of wildlife officers trying to free an owl from barbed wire. The terrified great horned owl ... wire and the mass of feathers fell into the ...

This sport is not what it used to be. The ringneck pheasant, a non-native game bird from Asia, was released across North ...

Owls might seem small in comparison to pets such as cats and dogs, but even a light-weight, three-pound Great Horned Owl has a wide wingspan of over four feet—not exactly suitable for a typical ...

hollow filaments covering its back and tail. At last there was evidence of truly primitive feathers—found on a ground-running theropod. In short, the origin of feathers may have had nothing to ...

The great grey owl is one of the largest owls ... It prefers to strike from short distances away. This owl has a circle of feathers around each eye that act as a dish antenna, directing sound ...

Barred owl, Strix varia, perched on a branch in winter in Canada. ©Jim Cumming/Shutterstock.com Barred owls live in woodland and swamp habitats over the eastern half of the United States.

Just the quick airy-sound of a whistle is all they need to glide in from a perch in the field to grab a snack of quail from ...

The poly-A tail is a long chain of adenine nucleotides that is added to a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule during RNA processing to increase the stability of the molecule. Immediately after a gene in ...

Now let’s say you’re on the Moon. If you were to drop a hammer and a feather from the same height, which would hit the ground first? Click the graphic below to find out. Spaceman: Well ...

The Great American Read was an eight-part series with viewer participation to select America’s favorite novel, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigated ...