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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.