Ms. Ackerman is the author of “What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds,” from which this essay is excerpted. When the first lucky observers spotted Flaco, the Eurasian ...

I’m sorry, there’s just something silly about taking an owl on an airplane. It’s like carrying a dolphin inside a submarine or taking a box full of moles on the subway. Owls are creatures of the air.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Denver Holt knows owls. As president of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Holt has spent years studying the habitat and habits of owls in western Montana. During that time ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – A Great Horned Owl will be free to soar the skies again at the Roanoke Star this Tuesday, Feb. 10, following its six-month rehabilitation with the SWVA Wildlife Center. In August ...

In 1992 certified arborist Tom Stephan was giving a woman an estimate on trimming a sycamore tree at her Pauma Valley Country Club home when he noticed a box in the branches. She was hoping it would ...

Intrigued by the remarkable ability of birds to remain stable in the face of powerful winds, aerospace engineers in the UK have carried out a study to examine the phenomenon in great detail. By ...

Aerospace engineers have used studies of birds in flight to further research into improved aerodynamics, the development of shapeshifting wings, how mid-air collisions might be better avoided, and ...

Few things make a person question every life decision faster than noticing an owl doing lazy laps around their house at 2 a.m. One minute you’re taking the trash out in questionable pajamas, the next ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. - Denver Holt knows owls. As president of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Mont., Holt has spent years studying the habitat and habits of owls in western Montana. During that time ...