Bird scientists will tell you that great horned owls hoot for several reasons. Primarily the nighttime hooting is a territorial claim notifying intruders they are in the owl’s territory.

CHICAGO (CBS)-- Lincoln Park's a hoot for local bird watchers. Two great horned owls, known by some as the "rockstars of the neighborhood" are gaining attention from neighbors and local experts ...

Late one night in January, I awoke at our mountain cabin to the gentle hoots of great horned owls in courtship. The night was still, cold and black, and in the perfect quiet, the hoots were ...

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 ...

The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle owl who escaped the Central Park Zoo last year, showed just how tough it is to survive in a world altered by humans.

That night around the dinner table, we droned on endlessly about our conquest. Emboldened, I extended my vocal repertoire to include the calls of the great horned owl, our only hoot owl.

However, when a male great horned owl hoots romantically to his mate, she replies with a higher pitched hoot, due to the smaller size of her syrinx, even though she is larger than he is.

An owl was rescued Tuesday after becoming trapped overnight in a soccer net. The juvenile great horned owl was found owl by ...

That bump in the night was not the intruder these Canadian homeowners thought, although it could be described as a menacing figure. In fact, it was an owl named Winky who ruffled some feathers ...

Greg Weckenbrock, otherwise known by his nature name “Wolf” Weckenbrock, steps to the side of a trail on a hillside behind Gateway School to hoot at some sixth graders.