Great eared nightjars live on the forest floor, remaining motionless throughout the day, camouflaged among leaf litter and tree stumps.

Standing just 7-10 inches tall with a wingspan of about 21-24 inches, these small, long-legged owls have adapted perfectly ... though this isn’t their typical nesting strategy. The short-eared owl ...

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 ...

In a study recently published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, the researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans ...

Researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans with the help of ultraviolet light. While there is an astounding ...

Long-eared Owl wing under ultraviolet light, illuminating the fluorescent pigments visible on the underside of the wing. The study, led by Emily Griffith, a PhD candidate in the Biodiversity ...

I immediately realized that what I was hearing was not a great horned at all, but rather a long-eared owl. My heart swelled as I listened to a sound that I had never heard before, except in ...

For being a smaller owl, it has a large wingspan of three feet ... especially when compared to the feather tufts on the heads of long-eared owls. These tufts have nothing to do with hearing, but they ...

Approximately 50 people lined up Dec. 22 on a rural southern Lorain County road to photograph short-eared ... 2 feet long. He estimated in the few hours he’d been viewing the owls that there ...

Hundreds of long-eared owls spend their winter months roosting in the trees in and around Kikinda in Serbia. The ornithological spectacle draws thousands of visitors each year to this small ...