A few snowy owls were documented in Wisconsin in early November, the first of the species to arrive in the state for the ...

How are owls different from other birds? They evolved to hunt at night and because of this they have large areas of their brain just for sight and for hearing. Owls’ eyes face forward unlike most ...

It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

A debate rages over the culling of barred owls to save northern spotted owls, one that eludes easy classification.

The Shelley's eagle owl was spotted in the Atewa forest in Ghana for the first time since 1872. The only other known photograph of the bird of prey was blurry and taken at a zoo in 1975. A giant owl ...

This combination of 2003 and 2006 photos shows a northern spotted owl, left, in the Deschutes National Forest near Camp Sherman, Ore., and a barred owl in East Burke, Vt. Barred owls are native to ...

A plan to shoot down half a million barred owls in the northwestern United States could ensure the continued existence of its close relative, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The ...

Artist's reconstruction of the recently unearthed fossil of an extinct owl, Miosurnia diurna, perched in a tree with its last meal of a small rodent, overlooking extinct three-toed horses and rhinos ...

GOP legislators and animal rights activists have sought to stop a plan to cull barred owls to save spotted owls. The timber industry has joined environmentalists in raising the alarm about ...

LOS ANGELES — An unusual alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates, together with others, is creating storm clouds for a plan to protect one threatened owl by killing a more common ...