If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl.

A barn owl is about 33-36 centimetres long with a wingspan of 87-90 centimetres. They are a scarce breeding species found on farmland here all year round. Barn owls are about the size of a jackdaw and ...

Sweetbriar Nature Center’s barn owl, Nebula, escaped and is still missing after a week. Nebula is not adapted to survive in the wild and depends on human care. Locals are asked to report sightings ...

A beloved barn owl named Nebula — a familiar friend to North Shore Scouts and countless school children — has gone missing from the Sweetbriar Nature Center in Smithtown, prompting a community-wide ...

Look whooo’s gone missing again! A popular barn owl with a history of wanderlust has once again gone AWOL from a Long Island Nature Center. Nebula, a 6-year-old captive-bred European barn owl, somehow ...

A woman who kept a barn owl in a cramped parrot cage has been taken to court by the RSPCA and convicted of causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal. Named Shirlina, the wild bird had no ...

For a real scare on Halloween, try listening to the wildlife at night. The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) has a call like Jack the Ripper is roaming the streets. The screams of this wild city-dweller can ...

From the must-see locations to the most frequently asked questions, our guide has all you need to plan your next visit.

Let us commence with our reading, then, so that the best of what the Beehive State has to yield may be brought more clearly to our gaze. Here is your first card—the Eight of Wands. This is a card of ...