The snowy owl, Quebec's majestic avian emblem and Harry Potter's iconic companion, is at risk of becoming endangered if ...

A scientific committee’s decision to assess snowy owls as threatened is another concerning sign of changes shaping Canada’s Arctic, experts say.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada says the snowy owl population has gone down by more than 40 per ...

Some scientists point to genetic quirks called mutations as possible triggers for its unexpected look. Genes involved in melanin pathways usually shape plumage color, but rare glitches can flip that ...

A paper published in December in Bird Conservation International presented the first global assessment of snowy owl numbers. And they are a cause for heightened concern for the species.

In the most recent Red List of Threatened Species, published last December, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the snowy owl’s status, for the first time ...

Females also whistle. The snowy owl is listed as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The species population has decreased 64% since 1970, per Partners in Flight.

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

The Trump administration proposed changing the interpretation of the Endangered Species Act to allow developers to alter the habitats of endangered species like panthers, sea turtles and owls ...