Imagine taking a walk around Birmingham’s Railroad Park with your family a few days before Christmas, and suddenly, you discover a rare owl that has not been seen in Alabama for about a decade. That ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. On the morning of Nov. 9 at Fort Foster in Kittery, the Maine Young Birders ...

This medium-sized owl is indeed quite scarce, normally detected by a haunting, wavering hoot that emanates from the deepest, darkest corners of woods. Its owlets, meanwhile, are renowned for their ...

A “routine” wildlife survey at a nature reserve in the United Arab Emirates took a turn when a staff member looked up at a tree — and found a “rare” visitor staring back. The brief encounter was the ...

Although unable to stand without leaning, the injured owl's strength is continuing to build, a rehabilitator said.

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 ...

While there is an astounding variety of physical differences in wildlife that humans can easily observe, new research from Drexel University’s College of Arts and Sciences reveals that there is likely ...

Researchers report their discovery of fluorescent pigments in the feathers of Long-eared Owls, that can only be seen by humans with the help of ultraviolet light. While there is an astounding variety ...