Upon arrival, King Owlbert was healthy, but a bit thin, weighing 52 grams (roughly two ounces). Northern pygmy-owls typically ...

The smallest owl in Ukraine, the pygmy owl, lives in the deep forests of the Chornobyl Radiation and Ecological Biosphere ...

An international team of biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island off the west coast of Africa. In this Discovery ...

SACRAMENTO — It's one of the smallest owl species in the world, but the loss of the California burrowing owl would be felt throughout our entire ecosystem and the California Department of Fish and ...

Owl Species Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species ...

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

We have three small owls that share a lot of characteristics. They are the boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) of North America and Eurasia, known as Tengmalm’s owl in Eurasia, and in North America the ...

AMHERST - A high-pitched, staccato sound dominates the autumn night in a woodlot outside Amherst. "What do you say we go check the nets?" says Dale Matheson of Amherst. Matheson was polite to ask. But ...

Five small but mighty owls were introduced to their new home on the Ramona Grasslands Preserve Tuesday — part of an ongoing effort to reverse the rare species’ shrinking population. At just a few ...

A biologist holds a cactus ferruginous pygmy owl before releasing it into the wild. Credit: Rachel Laura/USFWS After being denied in 2011 and 2021, the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl has finally been ...

Arizona is home to a diverse array of owl species, each with its own unique characteristics and adaptations. One of the most notable owl species in Arizona is the great horned owl. With their large ...