But some birds are total badasses—they swoop down, talons ready, and take on one of nature’s most feared creatures: snakes.

An adult great horned owl sits on one of its regular perches Wednesday , March 22 inside the garden center at Menard’s in Gillette. The owl, which is part of a family, made the center home when ...

Great Horned Owl. Image by Richard Lee via Unsplash. An owl’s hunting strategy relies heavily on its ability to rotate its head. When perched, an owl can remain perfectly still—not even shifting its ...

The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) is a marvel of evolutionary engineering, capable of something that seems almost magical—silent flight. In the dark woods of North America, these magnificent ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns” — tufts ...

Reader Todd Mackinaw recently admired how the great horned owl can thrive from the Brooks Range in Alaska all the way to Uruguay in South America. The knee-high owl, known for its “plumicorns ...

One reason great horned owls may range so far is that they will eat anything they can grab. A few years ago, a teenage neighbor of ours shoved a great horned owl off his 7-pound dog in the driveway.

Great horned owls are a verified predator of the wild turkey and won’t hesitate to take one down. Barred owls, not so much. If turkeys were to gobble at owls out of defense against predation, they’d ...

The great horned owl is one of North America’s most adaptable and widespread owl species. With their tufted “horns” and intense gaze, they’re expert hunters, preying on a variety of animals. However, ...

According to Badgerland Birding, there are eight different species of owl found across New York state. Some of the more recognizable species of owl found in the Empire State include the Great Horned, ...

Both Barred Owls and Great Horned Owls prey on the much smaller Screech-Owls. Screech-Owl Basics . Range: Eastern Screech-Owls reside year-round primarily east of the Rocky Mountains. Western ...