When I think of owls, I picture majestic birds swooping down silently from the skies. Sometimes I think of the mesmerizing ways they move their heads, or the huge eyes that stare into your soul. But ...

Owls are more often heard than seen. In New York, there are eight species of these interesting raptors, with the majority most active at night. Some live here year-round, some are migratory. They ...

Don’t let owls’ cute faces fool you—they’re deadly predators. This duality is part of what makes them so mysterious to humans. And their contradictions don’t end there: Their hoots are among the most ...

A walk in one of the metro area's big river parks can produce an eerie feeling, the sense that there's another being in the woods, specifically, an owl. A good stand of woods often harbors a great ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...