“What an Owl Knows,” by Jennifer Ackerman, is peppered with fascinating facts, photos and superlatives. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...

For over 30 years, thousands of scavenger hunters have been in hot pursuit of a bronze statuette of an owl. The parties who carefully placed the artifact and issued clues as to its location have ...

The northern spotted owl has long been one of the most prominent species of the Pacific Northwest. With white-speckled brown plumage, big brown eyes, and a wingspan of up to four feet, these nocturnal ...

Phoenix, Arizona — In a desert valley outside Tucson lives a fierce predator that weighs less than a deck of cards. The cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, which nests in the Sonoran Desert’s iconic saguaro ...