Many of us here in Texas are familiar with the largest of the owls, the Great Horned Owl. Its “whoo-whoo-whoo” song resounds throughout our Texas evenings. Some of us have even observed one of the ...

There’s a ghostly nocturnal raptor with a heart-shaped face in Indiana keeping the state’s meadows and grasslands safe from rodent infestations. Barn owls are normally found in large swaths of these ...

Last Friday afternoon while looking for wildlife to capture with my camera, I was fooling around west of Mud Lake when I saw ...

The Wendell Gilley Museum continues the winter session with a nature-inspired Paint ‘n’ Sip on Friday, March 13, from 4:30 to ...

Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they ...

I got an interesting call recently. The question of the day was, “Do owls dig dens into dirt embankments?” My first thought was of the burrowing owl, but the description the caller gave me more ...

Owls are gorgeous and also make for great pest control, so it's no wonder people want them in their yard. Here are some ways to attract these beautiful birds.

I really shouldn’t say “our” barn owls. They belong to no one. But it’s hard not to feel some pride for the new residents of the owl box we hung expectantly on a jacaranda tree five long years ago. We ...

But recently, a barn owl got himself stuck in a split tree and had to rely on humans to save him. This male barn owl was seen thrashing around helplessly, flapping his wings violently after his head ...

The Indiana Department of Natural Resources is building and installing nest boxes for the state's endangered barn owls.