The Almanack shares a compilation of its five best owl feature stories over the years, pulled from the archives.

If you've never heard a barn owl screech, you may not realize just how loud they can be. In a room full of volunteers and conservation officials, the fledglings inside a Bois D'Arc Conservation Area ...

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 ...

One of the most elusive and mysterious owls of Ohio is the barn owl (Tyto alba). This very large predator, measuring 16 inches long with a wingspan of 3 ½ feet, has a heart-shaped face, large dark ...

Barn owlets in part of Cornwall had a particularly strong breeding season this year, with 21 owlets successfully fledged, the ...

Barn owls have returned to Wisconsin after a two-decade hiatus. A nest of barn owls was found in La Crosse recently after a young bird fell from a dead tree in a resident's backyard. After further ...

ANTIGO - Marge Gibson carefully cradled the juvenile barn owl and looked into its eyes. "You are just perfect," said Gibson, a licensed wildlife rehabilitator and executive director of Raptor ...

Barn owls typically live for about five years in the wild, with the oldest recorded wild owl living to 15 years old. The ...

A nest of barn owls was found in La Crosse recently after a young bird fell from a dead tree in a resident's backyard. After further inspection — including putting a camera scope inside the dead tree ...