“This was a real hoot of a rescue! We’re always ready to swoop in when the community calls,” police said.

Humans aren’t the only ones with romance on their minds in February. This is the month when many species of owls, including ...

We have a new favorite animal. His name is Bobo and he’s beyond cute. The screech owl was recently rescued from a cut tree by The Reptile Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And now people are praising ...

A tiny backyard visitor turned into a rescue mission this week when Syracuse police officers responded to help an injured owl. On Wednesday, Syracuse Police Animal Cruelty officers were dispatched to ...

Somewhere not far from you sits Ohio’s most common avian predator. But chances are that most readers have never seen one. You might have heard its calls: eerie descending whistles, perhaps reminiscent ...

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 ...

Claim to fame: Standing at a height of six to eight inches, the eastern screech owl is one of the smallest birds of prey in the United States. It is also known for its call, a quavering whistle that ...

Q. Why are they called screech owls when the only sound I’ve ever heard them make are warbling noises that remind me of musical Morse code? A. I was able to answer this question a few years ago during ...

Claim to fame: Standing at a height of six to eight inches, the eastern screech owl is one of the smallest birds of prey in the United States. It is also known for its call, a quavering whistle that ...

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to their ...