Over the past century or so, barred owls have swooped across North America from east to west, inspiring wonder, admiration, and fear about the future of other owls, often all at once.

It's time. Now begins breeding season for owls — usually the first birds of the season to nest. Reports and photos of nesting owls with snow on their backs show up often.

There are two theories about this winter's irruption of Snowy Owls, the movement of hundreds of these birds from Arctic tundra down into the U.S., some as far south as Kansas. Voles are the owls ...

Starting in the spring, we invited readers to gather observations about the birds around them and share it with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. This data helped scientists understand better how ...

Everyone loves Cape Coral's burrowing owls, it seems. Here's what you need to know about the adorable birds and Saturday's Burrowing Owl Festival.

The script goes on to name-check numerous other birds, notably the falcon, mockingbird and Malaysian rail-babbler. It turns out that Cupp’s bird obsession is not just a quirk of the character ...

LUNENBURG — The Lunenburg Public Library is excited to kick off its Summer Reading Program with an amazing presentation all about owls.

Visitors to two Alabama parks have been treated to an unexpected, and adorable, sight in recent weeks -- baby barred owls -- thanks to nesting boxes built by an Alabama teenager.

In a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Interior, 19 lawmakers asked the agency to halt a plan to kill 450,000 barred owls along the West Coast.

A barred owl has 9,600 feathers. Barn owls have the best hearing of any animal. There are 250 documented owl species in the world, 19 in North America and eight in Northern Virginia. These are ...

Birds give us so much, enriching our lives almost every day when we take time to notice. The hobby of watching, counting, and finding birds is rewarding, too. In 2024, I began a list of the things ...

My reliable sources of information about birds include the “Peterson Guide to Eastern Birds,” the Cornell Lab of Ornithology website All About Birds, and the Audubon Society. Here is how the eastern ...