The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to kill nearly half a million barred owls throughout Washington, Oregon and California after a short-lived effort to halt the cull was thwarted in the ...

The phrase “a parliament of owls” comes from medieval times, when people loved giving poetic names to animal groups. Writers imagined that owls, with their calm eyes and thoughtful faces, held wise ...

Snowy owls have been spotted in Wisconsin in early November, which is slightly earlier than usual. Snowy owls are the heaviest owl species in North America and typically live in the Arctic. If you see ...

The northern spotted owl has long been one of the most prominent species of the Pacific Northwest. With white-speckled brown plumage, big brown eyes, and a wingspan of up to four feet, these nocturnal ...

To save the northern west’s spotted owls (Strix occidentalis caurina) from extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to kill up to 450,000 barred owls (Strix Varia) across California, ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

Deep underground, explorers followed the sound of water — until they heard something else. Their GoPro footage captured eerie, rhythmic sounds echoing through the cave’s tunnels, growing louder the ...

Just off Africa’s western coast, there’s a small island known as Príncipe where strange screeches haunt the night. Not many people have heard the noises, which emanate from the old-growth forests on ...

OCEAN CITY — On a stretch of dunes in the north end of the city, a bright white tuft of feathers about the size of a football waddles to the top of a sand dune while camera shutters click in the ...