Nocturnal and known for their large eyes and distinctive hoot, owls are beautiful birds. But how long do owls live, and what ...

When I was five I was given an autograph album and asked my mother to christen it with the first entry. This is what she ...

In hummingbirds, the female does it all—builds the nest ... not owls that are also found in North America and Eurasia. But it’s true: Barn Owl and Short-eared Owl are both widespread in the main ...

Naturalist Sam Bland and his wife Bright, while in western Wyoming, recently trekked into the night to observe a researcher ...

This column was originally published on April 27, 2024. Working my way through a willow thicket along the Teton River west of Rexburg, I came eye-to-eye with an adult Northern saw-whet owl. I stood ...

BOSTON - Every winter, Arctic snowy owls fly thousands of miles south to Boston Logan International Airport. And every season, Norman Smith drives less than an hour to try to snatch them up.

The long-eared owl, Asio otus, is a majestic raptor known for its perky ... For instance, even without a blacklight the researchers could guess the sex of long-eared owls by their dark (female) or ...

A long-suffering Leeds United fan, I was at Elland Road some weeks ago to watch the team take a 2-1 lead late on, before conceding a goal in the 96th minute, leaving fans in despair and the match ...

“Our study shows that female Long-eared Owls have a much higher concentration of these ... Griffith and her colleagues’ interest in the study stemmed from the fact that many owl researchers use these ...