To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction.

Barred owls, with their vivid brown stripes, are acting like bullies of the forest in the Northwest, driving their smaller cousins, the northern spotted owl, to the brink of extinction. Once ...

Barred owls are smaller than great horned owls and are found in much of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. They weigh between 630 and 800 grams (1.4 to 1.8 pounds) and have a ...

Pygmy owls are an adorably small bird species that make their home in Europe. Their habitat spans as far north as Norway and east into China. But the tiny bird of prey now has a new home base: the ...

They have a short, slightly-hooked beak, broad chest and forked tail. Their flight pattern is typical of swallows, consisting of short glides with longer alternating flapping.

They have a short, slightly-hooked beak, broad chest and forked tail. Their flight pattern is typical of swallows, consisting of short glides with longer alternating flapping.

Blakiston’s fish owl, caught fish in the bill. Image by OndrejProsicky via Depositphotos. Owls, although often associated with darkness, come in various shapes and sizes. Ranging from the petite to ...

Thanks to these ‘mummies’, we now know Edmontosaurus had an extensive hooked beak covering its duck-billed snout, a large soft crest on its head like that of a rooster, giant oval-shaped bumps ...

The numbers of spotted owls continued to plummet. Last August, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service signed off on a controversial Barred Owl Management Strategy that relies on hiring sharpshooters to ...