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 ...

A nonprofit science group has discovered a great deal about the species over the past decade, but the irruption shows that ...

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

Irruptions happen when young snowy owls, pushed out by older, dominant birds in the Arctic, travel farther south in search of ...

This year's snowy owl migration is marked by the bird's recent classification as a threatened species by the Committee on the ...

A new species of owl has just been described from Príncipe Island, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Testimonies from local people suggesting its existence date back to 1928. A new species ...

Bárbara Freitas receives funding from FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Forever Príncipe Conservation Alliance (from Africa’s Eden), National Geographic Society (Early career grant - ...

Owls make their homes in many national parks around the country, though they can be tricky to spot. Here are a few profiles of these elusive birds, which have been both revered and feared throughout ...

The snowy owl has been declared extinct in Sweden, marking the first time in 20 years that the country has officially lost a ...

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. To save the imperiled spotted owl from ...