Some sounds make you stop as if struck by a spell. Loon calls, coyotes yowling and owl hoots will do it. The wild laughing cry of a pileated woodpecker can halt a quick stride in mid-step. Of all ...

From porcupine to the great horned owl, Connecticut’s woodlands come alive after sunset with a wide range of nocturnal animals. Ginny Apple is a master wildlife conservationist certified by the state ...

From a burrow hidden in the ground, a mouse cautiously pokes its head out into the cool night air. As it emerges into the darkness, it uses its heightened sense of smell to sniff for food but catches ...

Damien Pollard does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Project Mantis carries out research expeditions to the Amazon to record the often-overlooked fauna that emerge when night falls over the world’s largest rainforest. Its researchers focus on insects ...