An all-white snowy owl is pretty much always an older male (apologies to Harry Potter, but Hedwig was a male all along.) These birds are large and can be spotted from very far away. While they are ...

Nature is full of colours. But, while some stand out for their plethora of colours, others are known for their lack of it.

Some scientists point to genetic quirks called mutations as possible triggers for its unexpected look. Genes involved in ...

Melissa Groo A white glow against ... prey animals collected at snowy owl breeding sites, 90 percent were lemmings. These small, mouselike rodents stay active all winter long, eating moss when ...

The five islands which make up East Boston contain the highest concentrations of snowy owls in the American northeast.

But not all of them do ... With his snowbank of hair and intense gaze, he resembled a snowy owl. When he smiled, his bushy white mustache quivered like feathers in the wind.

But not all of them do ... With his snowbank of hair and intense gaze, he resembled a snowy owl. When he smiled, his bushy white mustache quivered like feathers in the wind.

Arctic snowy owls fly thousands of miles south to Boston Logan International Airport. And every season, Norman Smith drives less than an hour to try to snatch them up.