A 55 million-year-old owl fossil with "murder feet" has recently been described ... from which type of ancestors they come from and how their anatomy evolved and specialized," he said.

Owls are some of the most beautiful birds in the animal kingdom, known for their nocturnal habits, silent flight and piercing eyes. But what about their remarkable ability to rotate their heads nearly ...

That fascination may come from their odd anatomy, which makes ... like feathers on their beaks and feet—to feel out their food when hunting. Finally, owls have three eyelids.

Below are photos of the feet of an Eastern Screech-Owl. A friend recently found the bird dead in his yard, offering me a chance for photos before he disposed of it. (It is illegal to possess owls ...

Not so in owls, which can quickly rotate their heads ... Philippe Gailloud—used angiography and CT scans to examine the anatomy of a dozen snowy, barred, and great horned owls that died from ...

“Our in-depth study of owl anatomy resolves one of the many interesting neurovascular medical mysteries of how owls have adapted to handle extreme head rotations,” de Kok-Mercado sai ...