It has long been known Ozzy Osbourne has a taste for bats. But now it seems the mammals are also fans of his. Bats greet each other with death metal growls, scientists have discovered, and possess a vocal range which far surpasses that of most humans. While they emit ultrasonic chirps to echolocate flying insects […]
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Owl Steals Child’s Stick Horse and Flys Around Neighborhood in True Halloween Spirit
Hilarious footage of a ‘wicked witch’ owl who stole a stick horse and was flying around the neighborhood has gone viral on Facebook. Eric Lind posted on Facebook that a young neighborhood owl had stolen a stick horse and was flying around the neighborhood with it. Lind was at his parent’s house in Eureka, Illinois, […]
A Literal Family Meal— Eagle Ended Up Adopting A Baby Hawk She Caught To Feed Her Eaglets
Found family is one of the tropes that I find very enjoyable; stories like this are very heartwarming, and they just have a way of tugging at everyone’s heartstrings. The main characters are usually humans though. I mean, fiction is kinda catered to human audiences. But what’s more lovely than found family in fiction? Real-life […]
It’s the Moment of Truth for Saving the Northern Spotted Owl
Night hangs over the Hoopa Valley Reservation. Stars spill toward the evergreen horizon as Mark Higley, a wildlife biologist for the Hoopa Valley Tribe, places a speaker on an unpaved road. Soon a recorded bird call—Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?—tumbles down the Northern California valley. A few minutes later, the faintest […]
Eagle Adopts Baby Red-Tailed Hawk After Snatching It From Nest For Dinner
Pam McCartney, a volunteer with the Nanaimo, B.C. wildlife organization GROWLS, was watching a livestream of a hawk’s nest being attacked by eagles when she saw something incredibly rare. One of the eagles grabbed a baby hawk from the nest, likely intending to eat the bird or feed it to its own eaglet. Moments later, […]
Hormonal Eurasian eagle owl attacks Norfolk joggers
Norwich may be known for its canaries, but there is another, larger bird that has been delighting birdwatchers and surprising joggers in recent weeks. Alfie is a Eurasian eagle owl, one of the world’s largest species that is not native to the United Kingdom. In one of the most recent sightings, Alfie caught Hattie Atkinson […]
End experiments at Johns Hopkins University involving mutilation and killing of owls
For centuries, academic research has been conducted at the expense of sentient, living beings. Animals who are forced to participate in experiments can fully experience pain, and yet universities around the world continue to expose these innocent creatures to harm and abuse. Even when these poor animals are not being poked and prodded at, they […]
Extremely Rare Shelley’s Eagle Owl Photographed in Wild for First Time
The Shelley’s eagle owl (Bubo shelleyi) was photographed by Imperial College London researcher Joseph Tobias and freelance ecologist Robert Williams on October 16, 2021 in Ghana. The Shelley’s eagle owl is a large species of owl found in the rainforests of Central and Western Africa. This nocturnal bird is among the largest owls and the […]