Well, owl be damned! Shoppers discovered a live owl snoozing between trinkets for sale while perusing the shelves of an ...

Shoppers at an antique store in New York discovered an eastern screech owl sleeping on a shelf next to a chicken-shaped cookie jar.

NY State Department of Environmental Conservation said this species of owl is nocturnal and typically nests in tree cavities, "not store shelves." ...

An eastern screech owl startled shoppers at The Market Place in East Durham before calmly dozing off. A DEC officer released the tiny raptor into the wild.

We have a new favorite animal. His name is Bobo and he’s beyond cute. The screech owl was recently rescued from a cut tree by The Reptile Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And now people are praising ...

In this photo provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, an owl sleeps on a shelf next to a ...

A live owl mistaken for a decoration was nearly sold at a New York antique shop before wildlife officers safely rescued the ...

At the Sweetbriar Nature Center on Long Island, New York, home is where the heart is—even if that’s in a grocery store tote bag. At least, that’s the case for Newton, an adorable screech owl who lives ...

The eastern screech-owl is a hole-nester that requires pre-existing holes of an adequate size. It cannot live where trees do not have a sufficient diameter to provide such holes. As the climate warms, ...

Raptor specialist Jo Santiago, left, and raptor rescue volunteer Connor Sneberger prepare to release a newly healthy screech owl along Back Road in Randolph County. (Photo courtesy of Keri Lewis) MILL ...

The birds that Levihn-Coon photographed were a mated pair near their nest, he said. One of the owls had a rare reddish-brown, or rufous, coloration. Typically, Eastern Screech Owls in Central Texas ...