Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This little screech owl was living in a tree between the road and sidewalk in an upstate New York village. It seemed to be right ...

Owls showcase remarkable diversity in their facial structures, each uniquely designed to enhance hunting efficiency. The variations in facial discs play a vital role in sound localization, which is ...

Paul Bannick, an acclaimed author and photographer specializing in natural history, is returning to Vashon — this time to ...

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 ...

Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and east into China. But the tiny bird of prey now has a new home base: the Val ...

Snowy owls, mountain bluebirds and hermit thrushes are now designated "sensitive species" in Alberta amid population declines ...

Nearly 500,000 barred owls in Northern California, Oregon and Washington state will soon be under the gun if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes ahead with its latest scheme to save the endangered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A northern spotted owl sits on a branch in Point Reyes, Calif., in June 1995. In the decades since, the species has seen major ...

Instead of waiting until the weather warms up in spring, many owl species choose their nest sites in winter.