Look for flashes of white on dark roads, and you might spot an American barn owl. Learn about a barn owl call, nest, wings ...

Flying slowly and silently through the night sky, barn owls are majestic nocturnal hunters that successfully prey on rodents scurrying along the ground below. Scientists have long puzzled over a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When most people think of a pet, they consider the usual array of creatures, like dogs, cats, or fish. A few like small rodents ...

Many of us here in Texas are familiar with the largest of the owls, the Great Horned Owl. Its “whoo-whoo-whoo” song resounds throughout our Texas evenings. Some of us have even observed one of the ...

This final chapter of a wildlife photography series documents the persistent efforts to capture professional portraits of a ...

Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) The barn owl ...

Exposure to sulfur-rich volcanic soil may increase production of pheomelanin, a pigment that gives a reddish tint to the feathers of barn owls living on remote volcanic islands Barn owls (Tyto alba) ...

An "incredibly old" barn owl, who was a resident at the Isle of Man's wildlife park, has died aged 19 years and nine months old. Barn owls typically live for about five years in the wild, with the ...