Birds exhibit a wide variety of fascinating nesting and offspring-rearing behaviors throughout their lifecycle. Against the ...

The calendar says that it’s winter. But for much of the natural world in coastal California, life is clearly awakening as abundant water and already lengthening days give their cues. Grasses are green ...

The nesting pair of great horned owls in north Rochester represent a contradiction for Karla Bloem. She’s glad people are appreciating the rare opportunity to view nesting owls in the wild. However, ...

Want to have an owl nest in your backyard? It's time to start to thinking about building a nesting box for your backyard. Surprisingly, winter is the best time to put up an owl nesting box. You could ...

Cavity nesting birds may use a birdhouse for winter shelter, but some birds hide out from the freezing cold in other ways.

A breeding pair of barred owls are nesting with a video camera looking over their shoulders this spring. The Owl Cam is part of the live video series offered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Find ...

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

ANTIGO - Marge Gibson carefully cradled the juvenile barn owl and looked into its eyes. "You are just perfect," said Gibson, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and executive director of Raptor ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...