Owls are known for their near-silent flight, which allows them to swoop down on prey unheard. Wind turbines, on the other hand, are often accused of being too noisy. A team of British and American ...

BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) – Virginia Tech engineers, leading an international team of researchers with members from Florida Atlantic University, Lehigh University, and Cambridge University, say a turbine ...

BLACKSBURG (WSLS 10) – Virginia Tech engineers, leading an international team of researchers with members from Florida Atlantic University, Lehigh University, and Cambridge University, say a turbine ...

Photographs of "naked" owls ruffled the internet's feathers — even though the raptors appeared to lack their own. Bet Lott, a raptor specialist at the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey, confirmed to ...

Exposure to sulfur-rich volcanic soil may increase production of pheomelanin, a pigment that gives a reddish tint to the feathers of barn owls living on remote volcanic islands Barn owls (Tyto alba) ...

The owl’s long healing journey was due to its need to completely regrow its feathers so it could silently fly again, Virginia rescuers said. Screengrab from Wildlife Center of Virginia's Facebook One ...

When in South Dakota last week looking for Snowy Owls I found a patch of owl feathers on the ground. They were breast feathers, three or four dozen in a rough circle. A Snowy Owl had been attacked by ...

In late autumn a male great horned owl sent his soft, deep hoots out from a stand of trees in Minnetonka. He'd been away for two months and was making it known that this was still his territory, after ...