The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is building and installing nest boxes for the state's endangered barn owls.

For the first time in nearly a decade, a barn owl has been spotted living on a farm in Washington County, which is in western Pennsylvania.Barn owls were once a common sight on Pennsylvania farms, but ...

If you've never heard a barn owl screech, you may not realize just how loud they can be. In a room full of volunteers and conservation officials, the fledglings inside a Bois D'Arc Conservation Area ...

An owl with the word "barn" in its name would seem to imply that this bird would be a common inhabitant of the agricultural Midwest. But due to loss of foraging and nesting habitat and the widespread ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

When I was growing up in the tobacco-farming portion of the southern Virginia Piedmont, there were many abandoned outbuildings throughout the region. It was not unusual to see a white ghost-like form ...

It silently snatches its prey in the night. It’s one of the most widely distributed birds in the world. It’s the barn owl! In general, owls are awesome. You hardly ever get to see them and when you do ...

As a wildlife photographer, Brendon Clark sees his fair share of owls, but one recent sighting left him speechless. "I just thought my mind was kind of playing a trick on me," Clark said. "I saw the ...

My love affair with owls bloomed slowly. In fact, until recently, they terrified me—I wanted to be nowhere near their hooked beaks, sharp talons and wide eyes. My phobia peaked when I shared a ...

Barn owls are one of the most widely distributed birds, being found on six continents. In Europe, they follow a general pattern: southern areas host pale owls and darker birds dominate in the north.