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 ...

WASHINGTON >> Washington’s celebrated but injured snowy owl has been sent to a Minnesota raptor rehabilitation center for the painstaking repair of its damaged feathers. The raptor, which entranced ...

Barn owls, in particular, are on another level. Known for their pale heart-shaped face and shrill calls, these fascinating ...

ST. PAUL, MN (CBS/WCCO) -- A Snowy Owl is recovering at the University of Minnesota Raptor Center, thanks to an innovative procedure to give him a feather transplant. The bird came to Minnesota after ...

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 ...

An owl glides by on silent wings. Many holiday travelers probably wish airplanes could do the same. "On airplanes, the back edge of the wing is where you get most of the noise," Justin Jaworski, a ...

With flight feathers Super Glued firmly in place, Springfield's most famous owl flew to freedom Friday morning. The barred owl was rescued April 11 after being snared by fishing line tangled in a tree ...