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

Hearing that the Pueblo Zoo's beloved screech owl, Otus, recently died of old age, a friend wrote: ". . . When things like that happen, it would break my heart. I suppose that's the price you pay for ...

Like most creatures of the night, the owls are well-known, but seldom seen, species that dwell hereabouts during all months of the year. The prime reason that most people know of their proximity is ...

Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

An international team of biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island off the west coast of Africa. In this Discovery ...

Owls have a long and storied history in human culture, appearing in everything from ancient mythology to the Harry Potter books. But there’s much more to these amazing creatures than their place in ...

A debate rages over the culling of barred owls to save northern spotted owls, one that eludes easy classification.

Ecological and geological diversity just might be the biggest surprise for anyone who visits one of the five great North American deserts for the first time. Far from rolling miles of barren sand ...