Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

At least one, and perhaps more, snowy owls have been seen in South Sound in recent days, part of an uptick in snowy owl sightings throughout Western Washington. A snowy owl or owls have made an ...

Great horned owls have always symbolized wisdom, knowledge, and the afterlife. In the wild, they are fierce predators and even fiercer protectors of their young, and this maternal owl in the below ...

The spotted owl changed the fate of Northwest forests in the summer of 1990. Thirty years later, what hope, if any, do biologists hold for the fate of the spotted owl? In the summer of 1990, I found ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

Snowy owls are beautiful and lovable, just ask any Harry Potter fan. But paparazzi are making their life difficult, and sometimes dangerous.

The sound was unmistakable and led me outdoors to face the thick woods across the road. In the advancing twilight the sound pierced the darkness again, and then again. The ghostly mournful wail, best ...

One of the most interesting and iconic winter visitors in Massachusetts is the snowy owl. With a wingspan of close to 5 feet and weighing up to 6½ pounds, snowy owls are the heaviest owl species in ...

Several of great gray owls' physical features, especially parts of their wings and face, help them correct for sonic distortions caused by snow, enabling them to find hidden, moving food with ...