To mark International Owl Awareness Day on Aug. 4, the National Audubon Society shared a short video of two barred owls clinging to a branch and gently grooming each other — a tender moment that helps ...

A barred owl entangled in fishing line in a tree was rescued, but its injuries were too severe and it was euthanized.

A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special conservation status by federal and state governments. The list includes mammals, ...

A high-pitched screech cuts the night air. Then silence. Minutes pass with only the low drone of crickets. Then you hear it, a soft, crescendoing hoot. "There she is," says Matthias Leu, chair of ...

Animal welfare groups are using cuddly billboard imagery to challenge a federal plan to kill 450,000 barred owls to save the ...

The spotted owl has been a conservation flashpoint for more than 30 years. While habitat loss has been their historic foe, their most recent threat comes from within the owl family tree: the barred ...

Among Wisconsin bird species, it has one of the most distinctive vocalizations. The human, English translation usually goes: "Who cooks for you, who cooks for you all!" And while the bird behind the ...

Hang on to your hats, morning joggers, it’s barred owl dive-bombing season again at Point Defiance Park. They’ve done it before, and they’re at it again. Or, you could call it nesting season. In a ...