It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

Occurring worldwide, short-eared owls are found everywhere in North America within their preferred habitats of open grassland ...

At this time of the year, you may be lucky enough to hear owls calling, especially the Eastern Screech Owl.

Owls have a way of grabbing our attention. Their calm faces, big, round eyes, and quiet night flights make them one of the ...

Once you’re done here, be sure to check out the winning images from the 2025 Audubon Photography Awards , along with this ...

As it turns out, that peep was central to the owl’s discovery and classification as a unique species. Martim Melo, the new study’s lead researcher and a evolutionary biologist at the University of ...

There are three main owl species you are likely to see ... the high-elevation northern hardwoods and spruce-fir habitat.” ...

CHAMPAIGN -- “Birds of omen, dark and foul,” wrote Sir Walter Scott about owls, once considered harbingers of doom, death, and destruction. In Medieval Europe, owls were thought to be witches and an ...

In my last column, I mentioned a just-for-fun goal of seeing or hearing 25 bird species in my yard in 2024 before the first day of spring. I came up just short, and one unexpected miss was Great ...

A species of small, furry owls who nest underground in open fields are in imminent danger of extinction and may get a lifeline extended from the California Fish and Game Commission. A petition to list ...

To Melo, one of the most fascinating things about the bird is how long it was able to hide from researchers. His and his colleagues’ genetic analysis uncovered that, of all the scops owl species ...