It's been cold and snowy in Ohio lately, but has it been cold enough for a bird more commonly found in the arctic to be seen? Apparently so, since a snowy owl—a rare visitor to the Buckeye State—has ...

A few years ago, a naturalist in Redwood National Park observed the aftermath of a murderous encounter: a barred owl with a tuft of mottled feathers clinging to its talons flapping near a decapitated, ...

ARCATA, Calif. — The hooting had died down and the two bird lovers faced the immensity of the dark forest. Scanning his light among the redwoods, Danny Hofstadter listened. The distant ocean sounded ...

Atlanta — The plight of Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped New York’s Central Park Zoo last year, showed just how tough it is to survive in a world altered by humans. The gorgeous creature with ...

The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and California to protect threatened spotted owls. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...

The spotted owl crystallized the power of the species-protection law. No threatened animal has done more to change how we use land. Yet the protection would prove insufficient. Throughout their range, ...