Ms. Ackerman is the author of “What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds,” from which this essay is excerpted. When the first lucky observers spotted Flaco, the Eurasian ...

Intrigued by the remarkable ability of birds to remain stable in the face of powerful winds, aerospace engineers in the UK have carried out a study to examine the phenomenon in great detail. By ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Crews checking a small plane leaving Portland International Airport last week came across an unusual safety hazard. An owl was discovered in the wheel well of the small PenAir plane.

It was a direct round-trip flight plan: no layovers, no re-routes, just one 7,000-mile round trip between Logan International Airport and the Arctic Circle. A snowy owl residing at Logan and outfitted ...

In 1992 certified arborist Tom Stephan was giving a woman an estimate on trimming a sycamore tree at her Pauma Valley Country Club home when he noticed a box in the branches. She was hoping it would ...

DENVER (AP) — Officials say a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Minneapolis aborted its takeoff after hitting an owl. Flight 110 was headed down the runway but hadn’t taken off yet on Thursday ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- WCCO recently told you about a snowy owl at University of Minnesota's The Raptor Center. It came from Washington, D.C. with burned feathers, and couldn't fly. Fortunately, the ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Denver Holt knows owls. As president of the Owl Research Institute in Charlo, Holt has spent years studying the habitat and habits of owls in western Montana. During that time ...

Here's an update to a story WFAE's Nick de la Canal reported in April from the Carolina Raptor Center that focused on a team caring for young owls with no parents. One of the owls under care at the ...

This wildlife story started six months ago on a lonely winter night in deep forest. The affair reached its pinnacle late this past week. It provides a glimpse into the little-seen world of wildlife.