Nocturnal and known for their large eyes and distinctive hoot, owls are beautiful birds. But how long do owls live, and what ...

The Barn Owl's endearing appearance and readiness to hunt in daylight has made this species one of Britain's most popular birds. This species has a distinctively heart-shaped face, grey-buff wings and ...

BirdWatch Ireland and Leitrim County Council have launched the 2025 Leitrim Barn Owl Survey, a new initiative aimed at identifying Barn Owl nest sites across Leitrim. The survey is being undertaken by ...

Males are jet black with long curved tail feathers. They have a slim white stripe in the wing and white feathers under the tail. Females are cryptically camouflaged with finely barred brown and black ...

The barn owl, one of the most silent flyers ... In most birds, the mechanical noise of feathers sliding over one another produces audible rustling, but the owl’s downy covering eliminates this sound.

The barn owl, one of the most silent flyers ... In most birds, the mechanical noise of feathers sliding over one another produces audible rustling, but the owl’s downy covering eliminates this sound.

On Saturday, Pierce County firefighters from Truck 72 rescued a barn owl they found trapped in fishing line 30 feet up in a tree at Bradley Lake Park. Using a 35-foot ladder and a net, first ...

A proposed law seeking to limit future increases to Nebraska's minimum wage failed to clear the final hurdle Wednesday in the Legislature when one Republican lawmaker missed the deciding vote ...

Evidence of long-eared owls and sparrowhawks are the pellets below roosting sites and the scattered downy feathers where a small bird has been caught and consumed by these mighty woodland predators.

While the first three body coverings have their virtues, nothing competes with feathers for sheer diversity of form and function. They can be downy soft or stiff as battens, barbed, branched, fringed, ...

This stage usually lasts between 3 and 13 days. Their beaks and legs become more pronounced, and feathers begin to grow in, usually as soft, downy feathers that can be yellow or white in color.

A 19-year-old female is in critical condition after falling about 50 feet from the top of an abandoned grain silo Tuesday night, police say. Lincoln police and Lincoln Fire and Rescue responded ...