An eastern screech owl had taken up residence in the box about one month before, so she suspected it was an owl hatchling. But the truth was far stranger. As a storm rolled in and the sky darkened ...

On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 ...

This little scream is not nearly as loud as the bloodcurdling ... But that is a different owl and a different story. Screech owl families normally have two to five eggs that hatch out to be ...

"It sounded like a woman was being murdered!" How many times I've heard people describe a sound in the night with that exact phrase, well, I can't even guess at the number. I've even heard it myself.

Sharp-eyed Patton had spotted a basking eastern screech owl at the entrance to its roost hole 30 feet up in a giant sycamore. I found myself in the area on Dec. 22 and stopped by on a sunny but ...

screeching and screaming while staring at a honeysuckle shrub. “Oh, come on, catbird,” I remember thinking, “a screech owl isn’t going to be hiding in a bush.” But just then a screech ...

Conservationists in Victoria are asking the public to keep an ear open for the distinctive call of the western screech owl as they aim to bring the bird back from the brink. Threatened by habitat ...

Two new species of tiny screech owls from the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests in Brazil have been described by science. Prior to the discovery, the new owl species were grouped together with two ...

Cancel anytime. Does a salamander feel as slimy as it sounds? What makes a screech owl scream? And, by the way, why is an opossum's tail hairless? Folk tales and science facts will answer ...