An "incredibly old" barn owl, who was a resident at the Isle of Man's wildlife park, has died aged 19 years and nine months old. Barn owls typically live for about five years in the wild, with the ...

When most people think of a pet, they consider the usual array of creatures, like dogs, cats, or fish. A few like small rodents like rats or guinea pigs. Some folks are into reptiles. And then, of ...

A couple who started trying to reverse the falling number of barn owls in part of Cheshire 30 years ago have been remembered for their conservation efforts. When Dot and George Bramall moved to the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- There was an unusual rescue in San Francisco as Animal Care and Control officers are now caring for a barn owl that was stuck in a flower pot. The rescue happened Saturday night ...

The Almanack shares a compilation of its five best owl feature stories over the years, pulled from the archives.

An injured barn owl has been nursed back to health and released into the wild, an animal charity has said. Jolene was found ...

I got an interesting call recently. The question of the day was, “Do owls dig dens into dirt embankments?” My first thought was of the burrowing owl, but the description the caller gave me more ...

LINTON, Ind. — A couple of barn owls found love this Valentine's Day, thanks to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR). The nesting pair made a home in a nesting box made by the DNR in the ...

Life on a volcanic isle appears to give barn owls a blush of red-brown plumage. The high-sulfur environment on such islands influences the birds’ coloration, researchers report March 13 in the Journal ...