I really shouldn’t say “our” barn owls. They belong to no one. But it’s hard not to feel some pride for the new residents of the owl box we hung expectantly on a jacaranda tree five long years ago. We ...

One of the most elusive and mysterious owls of Ohio is the barn owl (Tyto alba). This very large predator, measuring 16 inches long with a wingspan of 3 ½ feet, has a heart-shaped face, large dark ...

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Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple of ...

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 ...

Throughout history, owls have been associated with wisdom. Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, is often pictured with an owl, a fact that probably led to the burrowing owl being given the scientific ...

A Co Down farmer is celebrating after one of Northern Ireland’s rarest birds successfully bred on his land for the third year in a row. Barn owl numbers are down to fewer than 30 breeding pairs in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. A beautiful but injured barn owl that KTLA 5 ...