Eerie Autumn is more tailored to celebrating Halloween and has some fantastic ... of leaves or the distant hoot of an owl as you navigate your desktop. These subtle audio cues add an extra layer ...

Owls perch themselves on branches and hoot into the great outdoors on any given night, but these animals also play a big role when it comes to being spooky symbols of Halloween. According to ...

But because of the superstitions and stories surrounding Halloween, owls may deserve the nod as the official mascot. Maybe it’s because of the mysteries surrounding the night and the darkness of ...

While owls can be creatures symbolizing wisdom and knowledge, as a fierce, flying nocturnal predator they are also more commonly associated with things like death, fear, and even witches.

Being night-dwellers, owls fit in nicely with the celebration of Halloween, which itself is based in part on All Hallows’ Eve, when the ghosts of dead people were thought to wander the streets ...

Unable to locate the female, he rested against a gravestone. Young barn owls save their screams for right around Halloween, when they first start looking for mates. Photograph by Joel Sartore ...

And in 1897, when the novel “Dracula” was published by author Bram Stoker, that put another nail in the coffin for bats becoming synonymous with Halloween. Like bats, owls are flying creatures ...

I have a short-term goal as well — the countdown to Halloween. How many "ghoulish" things in nature can I find during the next few weeks? Owls came first this year. Many cultures associate ...

We're here to open this chest of secrets below. Owls, Spiders and Ravens have been the Halloween Mascots for years now. These animals are depicted as being wicked or unlucky in Halloween tales and ...

For Oakley the owl, Halloween is the most wonderful time of the year. Not only was he recently rescued, but he’s made a new quasi-animate friend. Oakley’s dance moves are pretty tight.

Be wary of barred owls with their scary, hollowed-out faces and deep-set dark eyes that will stare a hole through your palpitating heart on Halloween night. You probably won’t see the owls ...