Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

It’s March. This is when I find myself torn between clinging to winter and beginning to look for signs of spring, for the forest to begin to shake off its winter torpor. A time to look for breeding ...

Of all the creative ways to strike up a gobble, the owl hoot is a tried-and-true classic. But in all the times you’ve let “who cooks for you” rip, have you ever stopped to wonder why turkeys often ...

A debate rages over the culling of barred owls to save northern spotted owls, one that eludes easy classification.

This year, an unusual number of owls have been spotted in areas of Northern Minnesota as part of what is called an owl irruption. Owl irruptions are defined as any time when a larger-than-normal group ...

What I call the Owl Relativity Theory could add solidity to the idea that barn owls have much wider distribution in Minnesota than ever imagined. These could be itinerant barn owls, but barn owls ...

The phrase “a parliament of owls” comes from medieval times, when people loved giving poetic names to animal groups. Writers imagined that owls, with their calm ...

If you have day-hiked in the Smokies, you have undoubtedly been monitored, unawares, from a tree cavity. The unseen watcher? A winged super-predator resting with one eye open, waiting for dusk or ...