Owls are not usually loveable. In fact they're mostly rat eating, wide-eyed horrorshows. And yet the story of Oscar, the "mystical" and "very clumsy" owl, is one that we can all recognise, one way or ...

Mehmood Ali is a carpenter by day and shaman by night. He says he heals people battling anxiety, sleeplessness, curses and misfortune. The soft-spoken, 50-year-old Ali uses body parts of owls in his ...

Among all the rest, there are three closely related species of owls in the Pacific Northwest, and each species individually has a special claim to fame. All three are in the genus Strix; all three are ...

The night has always been a symbol of the unknown. Humans naturally fear darkness because it hides what we cannot see, and this is why nocturnal creatures have long been seen as mystical. Owls, being ...

Bengal eagle-owls rescued from black magic sacrifice ahead of Diwali Horned owls such as the Bengal eagle-owl are most sought after as they are coveted for their false feather ear tufts (feather ...

This medium-sized owl is indeed quite scarce, normally detected by a haunting, wavering hoot that emanates from the deepest, darkest corners of woods. Its owlets, meanwhile, are renowned for their ...