Humans have yawns lasting around six seconds, while mice yawn for one or two seconds. Birds with large brains, such as owls, yawn longer than smaller birds, such as sparrows. Yawning may have ...

Is it true that we yawn when our brains are deprived of oxygen? Most of us can feel a yawn coming on. The muscles in our jaw begin to tighten, our nostrils might flare, and our eyes might tear up ...

Humans aren't alone when it comes to yawning — all vertebrates do it too, including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. But why? The "evolutionarily ancient" act of yawning likely ...

This winter snowy owls made an “early push” south after their supply of lemmings ran low in the Canadian Arctic. Snowy owls have been spotted all over Michigan in recent years from the ...

A snowy owl was spotted swooping into Shirley Chisholm State Park over the holiday weekend — marking its first appearance in the Big Apple in years. The rare sighting drove hordes of curious ...