On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed ...

In eastern wooded suburbs, this small, owl is often the most common avian predator, emerging from its nest or roost hole at dusk to hawk insects or hunt other small prey, including songbirds and ...

On one dive into a blue hole on Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas, scientists uncovered what appears to be an ancient owl's roost. This roost likely dates back to more than 12,000 years ago ...

The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas ... The birds nest in tree holes, stumps, caves, or in the abandoned nests of other large birds. Monogamous pairs have one to five ...

Minnesota owls made headlines during the recent Christmas week. Two of these avian predators—one a great gray owl, the other ...