On this date in March, the first total lunar eclipse in years will occur, visible from the U.S. and bringing a captivating ...

When I was in first grade, my teacher read us “Owl Moon” — Jane Yolen’s sparse poem of a story about a little girl and her dad walking through snowy fields and woods around a New England ...

The bright plumage allows its silhouette to blend into the nocturnal sky and makes it harder for mice or other rodents to spot the owl. “When the moon is visible, the sky has some brightness ...