The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a marvel of evolutionary engineering, capable of something that seems almost magical—silent flight. In the dark woods of North America, these magnificent ...

Great horned owls are one of the few predators of the malodorous mammals, and the owl’s poorly developed sense of smell apparently masks them from the pungent spray. In more urbanized ...

A great horned owl was able to survive a gnarly encounter with a barbed wire fence thanks to a little help from a friend in law enforcement. Fort Bend County Constable Sgt. Harrell Clark was at a ...

A few years ago, a teenage neighbor of ours shoved a great horned owl off his 7-pound dog in the driveway. The dog recovered with just a puncture wound to its neck.

Firefighters, wildlife experts, and a Good Samaritan in Brownsburg, Indiana, are receiving praise for their roles in what's been dubbed by locals as the Great Horned Owl Rescue. On the morning of ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns ...

A great horned owl was badly tangled in barbed wire from a fence in Fort Bend County at Cross Creek Ranch on Wednesday. Law enforcement miraculously saved the owl after its horrific encounter.