I think naps are wasted on the young. Not that children don't need them — they definitely do — but with age, sleep becomes more precious. A good night's sleep, taken for granted when I was younger, is ...

AMHERST - A high-pitched, staccato sound dominates the autumn night in a woodlot outside Amherst. "What do you say we go check the nets?" says Dale Matheson of Amherst. Matheson was polite to ask. But ...

MILWAUKEE - As we enter winter in Wisconsin you might think there isn't much to do in nature, but you couldn't be more mistaken. December through March is an incredible time to hear and experience ...

Several great horned owls live in the woods near my home in Middleton. Many a winter evening, they sing me to sleep with their “whoo-hoo-o-o, whoo” calls, which are sometimes transliterated as “Who’s ...

There's a chance of snow in parts of Wisconsin this week. But the season's first gifts of the Arctic, documented and true, are already in the state. Four snowy owls have been seen and photographed in ...

To the joy of wildlife watchers, snowy owls are being seen in Wisconsin more this winter than last, according to the Department of Natural Resources. As of Dec. 17, 60 snowy owls had been documented ...