Birds such as crows and ravens may have a bad rap thanks to superstitions and negative portrayals in popular culture, but they offer a lot more than fodder for scary stories. In fact, they're ...

Ticks, leeches, mosquitoes, vampire bats—when it comes to creatures that live by the vein, these are the usual suspects. But what if I told you there was a little blood-slurping birdy more diabolical ...

Guillermo del Toro's 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark' and 'The Angry Birds Movie 2' each released new trailers this week. By Annie Howard Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark led the trailer releases ...

Using a horror film to bring your date closer is a classic move in the teenage playbook. Now, a study of Australian birds finds that other animals use the same "scary movie effect" to attract female ...

As Scary Movie Week continues, I asked Mary Ann Gwinn — Seattle Times books editor, and my cube-mate here at the office — to name her favorite scary movie. Hers was a classic: Hitchcock’s “The Birds,” ...

Happy 50th birthday to “The Birds,” the Hitchcock classic that made a lot of us look at crows and seagulls raww-thuh (as Hitch would say) differently. Oh, let’s just let him say it: They don’t make ...

GILBERT, Minn. (KMSP) - Some rambunctious birds are getting a reputation in northern Minnesota. Police in Gilbert are responding to reports of birds flying under the influence – and it turns out it’s ...

GILBERT, Minn. (KMSP) - Some rambunctious birds are getting a reputation in northern Minnesota. Police in Gilbert are responding to reports of birds flying under the influence - and it turns out it's ...

Everything you always wanted to know about raptors, or birds of prey, but were afraid to ask. If this piqued your interest, the Salem Audubon Society has a workshop coming up just for you. From 10 a.m ...