A West Hartford, Conn., police officer responded alongside animal control and wildlife rehabilitation personnel when a screech owl was found inside a West Hartford home. Photo courtesy of the Town of ...

There are at least 250 species of owls in the world, but only a few are more commonly seen (and heard) in Northern California and across the United States. The most common owls you’ll encounter in ...

Hoot Owl Creek is a small tributary of the Russian River in Alexander Valley, northeast of Healdsburg. Presumably, you can sometimes hear the calling of owls there. A “hoot owl” can be one of several ...

DALLAS — You could say a North Texas bird rescue group gave a hoot when they recently rescued a screech owl that’d gotten stuck in a basketball post. A homeowner called Blackland Prairie Raptor Center ...

As the cool weather falls on East Texas, more people will be wearing sweaters, drinking coffee and sitting by the fire. But how does an owl come in from the cold? The Eastern Screech Owl, the ...

Uhu, a Eurasian eagle-owl at the International Owl Center in Houston, Minn., rests its head on the shoulder of Karla Bloem, the center's director. --or on a quiet walk in the woods. I'm talking about ...

SALEM, N.H. — A routine oil change came to a screeching halt when a technician spotted an owl under the hood. The police department in Salem, N.H., said Friday a mechanic popped the hood of a car and ...

An owl’s head does not, in fact, turn a full 360 degrees. Its ear holes are lopsided in order to better pinpoint sound and locate prey. And, on some species, feathers glow under ultraviolet light.

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Jan. 23 (UPI) --Animal rescuers and police in Connecticut were called to a West Hartford home to round up an unusual breaking and entering suspect: an owl. The West Hartford Police Department said in ...