High up in a snow-covered tree, the barred owl watches its prey. It waits for the right moment, then, swoosh! It leaps gracefully from its perch and grabs its prey in its mighty talons. The prey never ...

Learn what a barred owl looks like and what their call sounds like. Plus learn where you can spot these large owls in North ...

Federal officials are planning to hire hunters with shotguns to exterminate tens of thousands of cat-sized barred owls in California and the Pacific Northwest as the birds "invade" from the east. The ...

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

A federal judge has dismissed the third lawsuit challenging the removal of barred owls to make way for spotted owls, which is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. A federal plan to ...

Terry Nelson Taylor’s newest neighbor along Eastern Avenue in Aspinwall is making quite a ruckus. “It has caused a great sensation in the neighborhood,” Taylor said of the barred owl, which has taken ...

Congress of the Birds, based in Providence, Rhode Island, gave new wings to a barred owl rescued by police officers in the town of Charlestown after it likely ate poison and was hit by a car, The ...

Jan. 25—An injured barred owl is back home after volunteers from the Raptor Center at the University of Minnesota released it back into the wild Thursday afternoon at the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center.

A longtime resident of New Orleans' Audubon Aquarium bid farewell last week after spending nearly three decades watching guests from her high perch. Frosty the barred owl died Sunday, months after her ...