Irruptions happen when young snowy owls, pushed out by older, dominant birds in the Arctic, travel farther south in search of ...

Because they're nocturnal, we usually know owls only by their hoots. And they've been hooting plenty of late. It's time. Now begins breeding season for owls — usually the first birds of the season to ...

A nonprofit science group has discovered a great deal about the species over the past decade, but the irruption shows that ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is building and installing nest boxes for the state's endangered barn owls.

A few snowy owls were documented in Wisconsin in early November, the first of the species to arrive in the state for the winter of 2025-26.

Owls have a long and storied history in human culture, appearing in everything from ancient mythology to the Harry Potter books. But there’s much more to these amazing creatures than their place in ...

HUNTSVILLE, Utah — A special population of owls in Utah is being studied in mountain regions across the state. Experts say this is a unique year to track patterns of the flammulated owls. Markus Mika ...

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An owl’s eyes, neck and wings are all specially adapted to help this predator hunt. Ancient Greeks and Romans associated owls with wisdom. Owls are pretty amazing. They have special adaptations to ...

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The stowaways were discovered hanging out in a leafy park on one of the world’s largest cruise ships after it left PortMiami earlier this year on a trip bound for Spain. Why the pint-sized birds that ...