The common barn owl is one of the most widely distributed birds of prey on Earth, absent only from polar and extreme desert regions. With near-silent flight, exceptional low-light vision, and pinpoint ...

Falconer Tom Waters introduced residents to a hybrid peregrine and lanner falcon, a Harris hawk, and a barn owl, and spoke about their habitats, behaviours, and conservation. Doreen Brook, a ...

Bianca Benson grew up looking at the beautiful Victorian house on the historic Allen property in Ridgefield, the remnants of a dairy farm settled by the Allen family in 1896. Her family lived on land ...

As H is for Hawk makes its cinematic debut, its author Helen Macdonald reflects on grief, falconry and the landscapes that ...

I got a picture of this owl in the headlights of my car on a fence near my home. What type of owl is it? Ger Fitzgerald, Co Kilkenny This is a barn owl, the scarcer of our two breeding owl species. It ...

WHAT YOU DON’T SEE WHILE YOU’RE WAITING FOR YOUR FLIGHT. PLANES AND BIRDS HAVE TO SHARE THE SKIES, RIGHT? BUT BIRDS CAN POSE A MAJOR THREAT TO AIRCRAFT. THERE ARE TEAMS OF PEOPLE DEDICATED TO KEEPING ...

Two barn owls were found dead in one of the Twin Barns in the Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge in Thurston County. The two owls died of avian influenza, or bird flu, according to a social ...

Several of Ohio's eight owl species, including the threatened barn owl, benefit from nesting boxes. Winter is the best time to install an owl box as owls are seeking roosting sites and nest earlier ...

Indiana has a rich biodiversity with thousands of species in unique habitats, but growth and development have changed some of those fragile ecosystems and threaten the wildlife they support. IndyStar ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2023. We are republishing it as part of our winter coverage. Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes for an ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing to kill nearly half a million barred owls throughout Washington, Oregon and California after a short-lived effort to halt the cull was thwarted in the ...