THE number of breeding pairs of barn owls in Worcestershire has increased this year but figures released show the number of eggs being laid is still low. The Worcester Barn Owls Conservation Group has ...

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 ...

In Hawaii, owls are creatures of myth. Owls are said to rescue lost souls from the underworld and guide armies to safety. Hawaiian legends say the god Kane took the form of an owl in battle to protect ...

"What nice spots you have" could apparently be a barn owl pickup line. A new study found that female barn owls with larger spots seem to up their sexy quotient, and have greater success in mating.

Barn owls are skilled nocturnal hunters, swooping across open landscapes to scout out small rodents that scurry below. But scientists have long been puzzled by a trait that seems like it would work ...

Jason Strawbridge didn’t want to follow the flock in making his Eagle Scout project. Another toolshed or bench was not what he wanted to build–he was looking for a challenge. Lucky for him, then, that ...