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

A burrowing owl is calling the walls of Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor home. Sightings of the bird in Charleston are ...

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 ...

Some birds are hard to find due to migration patterns, climate preferences, or breeding schedules, but you could spot a rare ...

An injured owl is back in the wild thanks to swift action by a coastal community in South Africa. A resident found a female African wood owl lying on the ground at the Zimbali Estate on the country's ...

A petite western burrowing owl is no match for a big bulldozer. In a major step toward protecting the unique ground-dweller from loss of habitat around the San Francisco Bay and four other regions, ...

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

A species of small, furry owls who nest underground in open fields are in imminent danger of extinction and may get a lifeline extended from the California Fish and Game Commission. A petition to list ...

We have two words for you: Elf. Owl. They're worth a Google, we swear! Elf Owls are incredibly small birds that are positively adorable. As one animal expert recently learned himself. The man showed ...

"Like great crested grebes, they have an elaborate courtship display involving pairs meeting breast-to-breast and rising from the water, with lots of head shaking. As breeding red-necked grebes in the ...