He plopped out of the St. George mixer with cement covering a quarter of his body. It took days to free him of concrete, but here's why it'll still be some time before he can be released into the wild ...

The Friends of Beltzville State Park are hoping to lure some special visitors to the area — and they’d like to see them stay for a while. The group recently built and placed a barn owl nesting box in ...

Answer: Yes, the most common one is that of the great gray owl, which may live year-round in the northern part of Minnesota.

From the soaring Steppe eagle to the vulnerable Indian wolf, the resilience of the wild remains our most powerful reminder of ...

Wondering what owling is? Discover when to go, where to look, which owls you might see, and how to enjoy owling the right way.

Who wants to see an owl? Who wants to hear an owl? Who wants to build homes owls? Who? Who? Who? If it's you, you, you, here ...

If you’ve ever caught a glimpse of a pale, silent shape drifting over a Hampshire meadow at dusk, you may have been lucky enough to witness one ...

Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from ...

Dissecting the regurgitated nuggets is a popular classroom activity for educators and students alike. Here's a look inside ...

This may remain a hoot-dunit. Nebula, the six-year-old fugitive European barn owl, remains on the lam nearly three weeks after hightailing it from a Long Island nature sanctuary. “There have been no ...

A barred owl. Photo from the Explorer archive. Owls make up a significant niche of the birds of prey family. Of the order of strigiformes, they come in many different shapes and sizes. Some may ...

Barn owls are nocturnal birds of prey that are known for their distinctive heart-shaped faces and haunting calls. They’re not very large, with an average weight of only about a pound, but they are ...