Since some of us drive country roads after dark, our travels may take us through many rural areas. This offers us the opportunity to observe, sometimes very briefly, several types of nocturnal ...

There’s a reason why people who stay up late are called night owls. That’s because owls are always awake and active when the sun is down. This is called nocturnal behavior, and it’s common among many ...

(WHTM) — As kids, many of us were taught that if we saw nocturnal animals like skunks or raccoons during the daytime that those animals were probably rabid and needed to be killed. Animal experts say ...

Nocturnal animals tend to have proportionally bigger eyes than humans do. They also tend to have pupils that open more widely in low light. So, at the outset, nocturnal eyes gather more light than ...

Animals like rabbits, house cats and deer are neither nocturnal nor diurnal. Instead, they're crepuscular. Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — For the next two weekends, you can explore ZooAmerica in Hersheypark after the sun goes down to meet their "Creatures Of The Night." The program allows guests to learn about the Zoo's ...