The Northern hawk-owl is an owl, but doesn't exactly fit the owl mold. One of these little understood creatures has been seen just north of Hutchinson, Minn. This is a noteworthy southerly visit ...

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Q:I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A:These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

Home of the Big Apple itself, you may not think of hawks when you think of New York. In fact, when you think of New York, the ...

While a flap over recent snowy owl sightings has been garnering press statewide, last week a Hutchinson resident made history by spying a bird of a different feather.

Michigan is home to a wide range of different animals, from freshwater crustaceans, venomous snakes and 1,000-pound mammals.

Bouncing among 20 volleyball-like nets every 45 minutes, they're gathering nocturnal birds drawn by the audio recordings of northern saw-whet and long-eared owl calls broadcast by the nets into ...

Blind River is using owl and hawk kites to scare geese away from its waterfront. Mayor Sally Hagman says the chemical-free method seems to be working, keeping parks and beaches cleaner. If ...

Snowy and superb. A Snowy owl in Cypress, California. Nick Ut/Getty Images This owl has beautiful coloring on top of being majestic. It's normally found in the northern United States and Canada.

Mythologized by humans as an avatar of wisdom or symbol of doom, the owl in nature is a bird with secrets all its own.

Ocean City unleashes birds of prey to fend off seagulls OCEAN CITY, N.J. (CBS) -- Almost everyone who's been to the Jersey Shore has a seagull story. "I've had a seagull steal a pizza right from ...