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.

Often referred to as the most dangerous bird in the world, this bird can strike with deadly precision, using its razor-sharp ...

Most birds of prey are fast, large, and have sharp beaks and talons or all of the above. The wild birds on this list live in ...

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 ...

There probably aren't many animals as aptly named as the spider-tailed horned viper. With a tail tip that resembles a spider and horns atop its head, it's easy to visualize this venomous snake.

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

Great horned owls, Swainson's hawks and red-tailed hawks. So, Swainson's, red tail, a little Northern saw-whet owl, tiny owl, cavity nesting owl, on up to a really big bald eagle. More Swainson's ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

With its cryptic coloration and flat body, the flat-tailed horned lizard is capable of disappearing on the desert floor. When a predator threatens, the lizard may run a short distance and then stop ...

Metro soccer fields have netted almost a dozen owls and hawks already this year. Not all of them survived the encounter.

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 ...