Hoot, hoot, hoot. Those might be some of the sounds you’ll hear on an upcoming Owl Prowl on Long Island. The owl prowls are an opportunity to learn about the nighttime creatures that live among us on ...

I think naps are wasted on the young. Not that children don't need them — they definitely do — but with age, sleep becomes more precious. A good night's sleep, taken for granted when I was younger, is ...

It was a cold winter’s night and my beautiful wife Susan and I were watching movies. There was a fire crackling in the wood stove, we were enjoying good food and drink and we were both all snoodled up ...

Short-eared-owl enthusiasts will be disappointed that their bird is not bird of the week. The number of short-eared owl enthusiasts has increased in the last 10 days, I can say with confidence, after ...

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, a male Mockingbird may learn up to 200 songs in its lifetime. Like the Nightingale, it is the lonely bachelor, the unmated male, who sings all night, often ...

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

Owls have a way of grabbing our attention. Their calm faces, big, round eyes, and quiet night flights make them one of the most fascinating birds. Most people know them as symbols of wisdom or mystery ...

“Night owls typically will have a shift in the normal pattern,” Zodkoy told Healthline. Essentially, the later the brain fully wakes up, the later it’s ready to settle down for the night. That, Zodky ...

A walk in one of the metro area's big river parks can produce an eerie feeling, the sense that there's another being in the woods, specifically, an owl. A good stand of woods often harbors a great ...

It’s me, the crazy wildlife student again. This time, I’m running around in the dark playing owl calls in the middle of the woods. What was I doing? Owl surveys, and I was helping provide data for the ...