For a real scare on Halloween, try listening to the wildlife at night. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has a call like Jack the Ripper is roaming the streets. The screams of this wild city-dweller can ...

A night hunter with a striking appearance and eerie vocalizations, this owl is a Halloween icon. The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a large, powerful bird with bright yellow eyes, brown, tan ...

As Halloween fast approaches, and with the cold nights drawing in, supernatural and paranormal activities usually begin an unsettling rise. But when Sally Nairn and her friend Rachel Elliot heard ...

Andrea’s question added even more interest to her call: “Do we have owls around here?” She and her husband, Phil, had watched a large owl fly through their yard before disappearing into some trees on ...

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 ...

Recently we heard that repeated hooting, but interspersed with a call that I can only describe as more like a peacock!