Nearly 20 types of owls live in North America ... There are over 40 different races of barn owls, but the North American variety is the largest and makes up approximately 9 percent of the world ...

It depends on the size and species. Small ones, like the elf owl, will snack on moths, crickets, scorpions and spiders. Other owls will plunge into water and eat fish, or snack on rats, ...

1. A female owl is normally around 25% larger than her male counterpart. One theory behind the size discrepancy is that the males are more agile in order to efficiently catch their prey.

A look at different types of owls around the world - snowy owls in the Arctic, great grey owls in the pine forest, elf owls in the desert, flammulated owls in mountain forests and how they have ...

A group of federal lawmakers has asked Interior Secretary Burgum to scrap a plan to kills thousands of owls in West Coast states intended to protect another type of owl.

Researchers have tracked 89 northern saw-whet owls (Aegolius acadicus) along a migration corridor in Western Montana, ...

A surefire and highly optimistic harbinger of spring is the great horned owl. The massive owl is the first Ohio bird species ...

Different owl species produce a range of noises for several reasons- like hunting, territorial purposes, or mating. Tawny owls are often heard at night, when male and females will talk to each ...

U.S. Forest Service layoffs have upended surveys for spotted owls in Southern and Northern California, threatening data collection for the declining birds.

The spotted owl has been categorized as threatened under the Endangered Species Act since the 1990s, due in large part to the encroachment of barred owls on their habitat. Now, ecologists are ...