Owls are nearly magical creatures that also act as nature's pest control. So of course you want to play host to one or a few.

While any time of year is good to put up an owl box, "winter is the optimal time," according to state ornithologist Allisyn-Marie Gillet. "This is a great time of year since owls are looking for ...

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 ...

Birds primarily use nesting boxes to raise their young in spring and summer, but a simple change can turn the abandoned ...

The burrowing owl nesting season is hitting its peak, just in time for some public celebrations centered around Cape Coral's official bird. More than 3,000 of these pint-sized birds can be found in ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an owl? Who? Who? Who? One of the best ways to do that is to ...

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 ...

Mar. 25—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.

At Snowbasin, sturdy wooden boxes decorate aspen tree trunks every mile or so. During the summer, lumps of gray fluff with several pairs of wide black eyes cuddle inside of them: flammulated owl ...

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

Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and east into China. But the tiny bird of prey now has a new home base: the Val ...