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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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In the vast urban sprawl of Arizona, the habitat of the tiny western burrowing owl is being destroyed—prompting conservationists to think creatively about how to help. A burrowing owl chick learns to ...

We're now in November, a month when normally the weather has gotten colder and settled down. But while that may soon happen, we're still on a roller coaster. On Thursday morning the valley was fogged ...

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 ...

CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — They swallow their food whole, have a raspy scream that can make your blood run cold, and, when pressed, they will eat their siblings. But barn owls have many fans and they have ...

For centuries, researchers have thought that butterflies with eye-like patterns on their wings mimic the menacing gaze of predators in order to scare away insect-eaters. However, this idea has been ...

Plague! The word conjures images of horrors past, piles of festering medieval dead overrun by rats. It's not a disease of the past though; the bacteria that causes plague can be found in the United ...