Paleontologists have identified a 55-million-year old owl fossil that had talons like a hawk, according to a newly published study. The research tells the tale of Primoptynx poliotauros, a creature ...

Many of us here in west Texas are familiar with the largest of the owls, the great horned owl. Its “whoo-whoo-whoo” song resounds throughout the southwest evenings. Some of us have even observed one ...

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A 55 million-year-old owl fossil with "murder feet" has recently been described. Based on its preserved foot bones, this ancient avian predator likely hunted like a hawk — killing its prey with ...

There were quiet gasps of awe as a barn owl took wing on Saturday, emerging from a cardboard travel box and then flying rapidly away from the people grouped near Stow House to witness her return to ...