These small, 7-10-inch owls prefer open areas like grasslands and deserts, nesting underground in burrows often made by other animals, the SBWCN said. They are certainly not cut out for life at sea.

Researchers from Marshall University have helped make a breakthrough in the world of paleontology. While working with an international investigative team from Chile ...

The snowy owl, Quebec's majestic avian emblem and Harry Potter's iconic companion, is at risk of becoming endangered if ...

nesting underground in burrows often made by other animals. Captain Madsen, who had navigated these waters many times, expertly brought the boat alongside the owl. The crew promptly rescued the ...

The Mosura fentoni, or "sea moth," is a newly discovered type of arthropod that would have lived in the deep sea more than 500 million years ago.

The government's zoo reforms are the first in more than a decade, and include guidance on elephant enclosures and a ban on ...

A bizarre sea creature was spotted slowly crawling along the sand after a high tide at the Rye Harbor Nature Reserve in the U.K. “While some might think it looks like something out of a sci-fi ...