Barn owls, in particular, are on another level. Known for their pale heart-shaped face and shrill calls, these fascinating ...

Although owls are always watching us, you might have trouble spotting them, unless you know exactly when and where to look.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After a review prompted by a timber industry lawsuit, the federal government announced Thursday that the northern spotted owl, the icon of logging wars in the Northwest, will ...

An eastern Screech Owl emerges to a perch to await final nightfall to begin its hunting (Getty Images) This owl is one of the most common owl species that inhabits Virginia. The Eastern Screech Owl is ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

As it turns out, that peep was central to the owl’s discovery and classification as a unique species. Martim Melo, the new study’s lead researcher and a evolutionary biologist at the University of ...