After surviving drought, predators and extreme heat, two young barn owls are beginning the next chapter of their lives.The ...

The fluffy birds are estimated to be between 40 to 50 days old.

A dedicated barn owl live stream has captured the "adorable" progress of two chicks. The live stream from Hengistbury Head, which is available for anyone to watch on YouTube, began on 24 February and ...

Barn owls help Napa Valley vineyards control rodents naturally, making winemaking more sustainable and wildlife friendly.

Today, more farmers are taking advantage of barn owls for rodent control on their farms. Jennifer Ackerman, an ornithologist and author, discussed what makes barn owls so effective for pest ...

I really shouldn’t say “our” barn owls. They belong to no one. But it’s hard not to feel some pride for the new residents of the owl box we hung expectantly on a jacaranda tree five long years ago. We ...

There definitely are barn owls in Minnesota, more than anybody ever thought there were. "I am utterly amazed at that," said Bob Janssen when he learned of recordings recently made of barn owl ...

Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they ...

Three barn owls peek out of a nest box in Davis. A UC Davis study found the best time to clean nest boxes is in the fall, before the owls' winter breeding season. (Ryan Bourbour/UC Davis) When it ...

Many of us here in Texas are familiar with the largest of the owls, the Great Horned Owl. Its “whoo-whoo-whoo” song resounds throughout our Texas evenings. Some of us have even observed one of the ...

What I call the Owl Relativity Theory could add solidity to the idea that barn owls have much wider distribution in Minnesota than ever imagined. These could be itinerant barn owls, but barn owls ...

When it comes to American barn owls, forget spring cleaning. The best time of year to clean out nest boxes to ready them for breeding pairs is the fall months of September through November, according ...