To save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, one plan suggests killing thousands of barred owls. Conservationists and ...

MONTH AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. I’M HERE FOR IT. I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S ALREADY THAT TIME OF YEAR. BUT THIS MORNING WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT A BIRD. YOU TYPICALLY ONLY SEE OR HEAR AT NIGHT. MARQUISE ...

In mammals, including you, specialized nerve cells called the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) in the anterior hypothalamus regulate this rhythm. But here is where humanity gets weird. Unlike other ...

(AP) — To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, US wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

Meet Willow the Barn Owl on this week's The Science of It. Meet Willow the Barn Owl on this week's The Science of It.

About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls lived in a cave. Sometimes, they would cough up owl pellets containing the bones of ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Owls have long been beloved animals representing wisdom and ...

But owls don't have that problem. They can turn their heads 270 degrees, more than twice what a human can safely handle, without any harm. "If a human being was to try to do the same thing, we would ...

A study shows that there is a way to successfully transplant burrowing owls to new habitats when developers build over their homes. Western burrowing owls’ habitats are being encroached on in places ...

IN THE ANIMAL kingdom, mimics are a dime a dozen. Stick insects pretend to be twigs. Hawk-moth caterpillars resemble venomous snakes. Edible heliconid butterflies disguise themselves with the wing ...

Scientists are always wondering about something, and Dr. Lee R. Dice of the University of Michigan got to wondering about owls. He wondered whether the owl was really such a traditionally wise old ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Political appointees in the Trump administration relied on faulty science to justify stripping habitat protections for the imperiled northern spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials ...