CALVERT COUNTY, Md. — They swallow their food whole, have a raspy scream that can make your blood run cold, and, when pressed, they will eat their siblings. But barn owls have many fans and they have ...

6-15-08 'Running!! Baby barn owl' (2000 yen) lined up at the 'insomnia' booth. It is based on a photo by photographer Hanni Höhle, which shows the furry cub running hurriedly. In Japan, it became ...

March 21 (UPI) --Animal rescuers in South Africa said a court's session was interrupted when an owl swooped into the chamber through a hole in the ceiling. The Owl Rescue Centre in Hartbeespoort said ...

Flying slowly and silently through the night sky, barn owls are majestic nocturnal hunters that successfully prey on rodents scurrying along the ground below. Scientists have long puzzled over a ...

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 ...

Hoosier, a barn owl with a gorgeous, snowy heart-shaped face, also is a puppy at heart. On a frigid late winter morning at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, the 15-year-old owl has checked off a couple of ...

Bird experts say they have found the oldest barn owl ever recorded in Britain and Ireland. The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said the owl, originally ringed as a chick in Nottinghamshire in 2007 ...