Owls are some of the best-known birds in the world, famous for their hooting calls and their excellent eyesight. There are ...

A nearly 200-year mystery in owl taxonomy has been solved, with Pulsatrix perspicillata pulsatrix formally recognised as a ...

It’s dusk, and you’re outside taking down the last of the Christmas decorations. Suddenly, you hear what sounds like a ping-pong ball that just got dropped. It starts out slow, accelerates in tempo ...

By Shreya Dasgupta Countries under the international treaty to protect migratory animals have proposed increasing protections ...

Sweden has declared Snowy Owl nationally extinct after no breeding records since 2015. Climate change, declining prey and shifting ecosystems are believed to have driven the iconic Arctic owl from the ...

If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...

Imagine taking a walk around Birmingham’s Railroad Park with your family a few days before Christmas, and suddenly, you discover a rare owl that has not been seen in Alabama for about a decade. That ...

With winter upon us this is actually a good time to look for owls on your property. Most owls breed from January to March. You can either listen for calls in the evening, or use owl calls or recorded ...