If you’ve ever seen a big, ghostly bird swoop through the beam of headlights, you probably glimpsed an American barn owl. They often patrol roadsides as well as towns, cities and wild lands for ...

Don’t let owls’ cute faces fool you—they’re deadly predators. This duality is part of what makes them so mysterious to humans. And their contradictions don’t end there: Their hoots are among the most ...

Some owl facts may be surprising. For instance, some owls are actually early birds, rising to hunt initially at dawn and again at dusk. Great gray owls and northern pygmy-owls remain active during the ...

With leaves falling and days growing shorter, owls contribute more of their haunting calls to the symphony of the night. For owl watchers, autumn is sometimes called “the hooting season.” It’s when ...

The glasses-like feathers around the spectacled owl's eyes give them their name. Some owls don't hoot. Barn owls hiss, and saw-whet owls make a saw-like sound. Fluffy feathers keep the snowy owl warm.

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 ...