Unique eyes give owls better night vision than any other creature Looking through my photos I searched for a topic for this week's column. Many shots weren't appropriate for the newly-arrived ...

Peekaboo! Owlets keep their eyes on the camera in this week's Reader's Lens. Here's how the photographer got the image.

Zeus, a blind Western screech owl, was discovered injured and unable to fly in Central California. Diagnosed with capsular cataracts, his eyes now shimmer with star-like patterns. Unable to survive in ...

And of course, owls can see at night. Compared to the eyes of daytime hunters like eagles and hawks, the large lens of the owl’s eye allows more light to strike the retina.

Last month, the staff at Raven Ridge Wildlife Center (RRWC) in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, received a distressing call from a ...

I saw my first great-horned owl in Alaska on June 21, the summer solstice. The sun went down a little before 11 p.m., but it didn't give the creatures of the night much to work with.

The data may tell. However, the process to get it is interesting. We drive between different checkpoints with about 90 for barred owls and 100 for eastern screech owls. At each of these, we blare owl ...

How are owls different from other birds? They evolved to hunt at night and because of this they have large areas of their brain just for sight and for hearing. Owls’ eyes face forward unlike ...