Bird experts agree Creamsicle is rare — and potentially even unique  — in its colouring. But they disagree about what’s ...

Seeing an owl is a magnificent experience — but one Michigan snowy owl is truly unique. What caused the owl to have ...

Bird watchers along Lake Huron photographed the bird, which has been nicknamed Rusty and Creamsicle. But there is no ...

If snowy owls are known for one thing, it’s their white plumage. Their coloring helps them blend in with the frost-covered ...

The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

While photographing wildlife in eastern Michigan, Julie Maggert spotted a snowy owl with orange coloring on some of its feathers, leaving her to wonder whether it was a rare pigmentation or ...

Research has shown that Snowy Owls recorded in Spain in November 2021 were of wild origin. Three individuals were recorded in northern Spain that month, two of which were subsequently found dead.  A ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released necropsy results for a snowy owl found dead in New Glarus.

In January, a Houghton County photographer spotted a snowy owl with strange, symmetrical red markings covering its head and wings that appeared to be spray painted onto the feathers. RELATED ...

Wild on WANE got to meet the new snowy owl before opening day ... “Being from the Arctic, they have feathers all over them and they’re meant for the cold. They’re also the heaviest owl ...

(WLUK) -- Wildlife officials say a snowy owl found dead in southern Wisconsin ... Based on the New Glarus bird's feather patterns, it was within the first year of its life. Onlookers of snowy ...

Analysis of the isotopes of their feathers rules out the possibility that they were born in captivity and suggests that they ...