I'm fascinated by owl pellets, which contain various parts of an owl's prey that they cannot digest, including fur, feathers, teeth, bones, and more. Since owls don't have teeth and can't chew their ...

Owls have long fascinated humanity, symbolizing wisdom and enigma across cultures. A particularly intriguing facet of these ...

This year, we revisited another classic – the owl pellet dissection. Perhaps a third of my current students remembered having done this before; some in elementary school, some in middle school.

Dissecting barn-owl pellets allows young pupils to explore the complexities of animal anatomy and the nuances of the food chain long before they dissect a frog in high school biology.

Eastern screech-owls, great horned owls, and barred owls are common and widespread. And by the way, you don’t have to be to an expert to dissect owl pellets with your kids or grandchildren.

Sometimes learning can be downright stinky, and when the lesson of the day is dissecting owl pellets, you can take some pointers from students at Toni Morrison Elementary School in Lorain – don ...

By dissecting owl pellets, biologists can reconstruct what owls have been eating. I remember the first time I examined owl pellets I was mesmerized. By carefully tweezing apart the pellet, I found ...

Owl pellet dissection is a valuable lesson for all ages because it informs us about how much energy it takes to keep an animal at the top of a food chain alive, and should remind us why – with ...

Our class dissected owl pellets, an owl's puke. Owls eat thousands of rats per year, and you can learn exactly what they are eating by dissecting the pellets, which are found near the owl's nest. The ...

The students are dissecting owl pellets; regurgitated clumps of fur and bones that owls can't digest. "Four and a half centimeters," said one girl, as they took measurements of their clump.