Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple of ...

There was much excitement this winter, among birders and photographers, over the sightings of a northern hawk owl on the wetlands. What captured my fancy was its face. In addition to some classy ...

Ohio’s historic barns once sheltered barn owls, now a threatened species. Conservationists work to restore habitat, protect ...

These medium-sized owls have long, rounded wings and short tails, which combine with a buoyant, loping flight to give them a distinctive flight style. The legs are long and the head is smoothly ...

Certainly, more than one species of owl has inspired local folk tales, myths and Halloween-worthy legends. If I had to put one species at the top of the "ghost owl" list, it would be the barn owl. Why ...

BELLINGHAM -- Somewhere, as you read this, a long-legged, heart-faced barn owl is stretching out its neck and delicately upchucking. Out drops a compact pellet of undigested lunch, which falls onto a ...

One of Decatur’s newest public green spaces is the sprawling Legacy Park near Agnes Scott College. Formerly the site of the United Methodist Children’s Home, the 77-acre park’s peaceful landscape and ...

Intrigued by the remarkable ability of birds to remain stable in the face of powerful winds, aerospace engineers in the UK have carried out a study to examine the phenomenon in great detail. By ...

A survey on barn owls shows that the fortunes of this iconic farmland bird appear to be changing for the better in County Cork. Barn owls were recorded in numbers not seen in the county for the past ...