Owls are arguably one of the most distinctive group of birds, and today they can be found in many different ecosystems around ...

Not all owls live in trees, as the burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) can attest. This species takes up residence in old ground squirrel or prairie dog burrows . Hunting at night, it can fly or ...

There are three owl species in Indiana that could use more nesting boxes: the barn owl, barred owl and Eastern screech owl. Here's what to do.

And so the barred owl did what any species would do when limits on its establishment and growth are gone. As Charles Darwin observed in 1859, “Lighten any check, ...

To save the spotted owl from possible extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has released a plan to kill nearly 500,000 barred owls by deploying trained shooters into West Coast forests.

Nearly 500,000 barred owls in Northern California, Oregon and Washington state will soon be under the gun if the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service goes ahead with its latest scheme.

The Eurasian eagle owl is “the most powerful hunter of all owls” (though not to be mistaken for the powerful owl, which will eat as many as 250 to 350 possums a year).

Known officially as the Principe scops-owl, or Otus bikegila, the raptor is one of 59 species of scops-owl: small, brownish, perch-and-pounce predators found all over the world.So far, scientists ...

More than 30 years after it was listed under the Endangered Species Act, with much of its habitat protected, you might think the Northern spotted owl would be thriving. That has not been the case ...

To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, ...

There are three types of owl species in Indiana in particular that benefit from nesting boxes, all of which are species that nest in cavities. First there is the barn owl, ...

Burrowing owls are known to be the most diurnal of all owl species, remaining active during the daytime, according to Audubon California. "It often perches near its hole.