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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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 ...

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 ...

Lexie Echols received an urgent call from her sister-in-law in late May. Driving through green pastures southeast of Corvallis, something had caught her attention. A barn owl was trapped on a barbed ...

Backyard bird-watchers looking for Santa Claus may have better luck watching December night skies for the magnificent barn owl. These beautiful white ghosts of the night silently hunt in darkness and ...

An owl only a few weeks old was injured after falling 100 feet from her nest. Facebook screengrab from Tamarack Wildlife Center An owl only a few weeks old fell 100 feet from her nest and is now being ...