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 ...

Winter is peak owl romance: Eastern screech owls court and pair-bond in February, making winter the best time to hear and spot them. Soft trills, not loud hoots: Unlike larger owls, screech owls ...

Eastern Screech Owls come in two phases: gray and red. Each has highly patterned feathers which give them fantastic camouflage. Last Sunday was the Chautauqua county Christmas Bird Count. At 8 in the ...

Two new species of tiny screech owls from the Amazon and Atlantic rainforests in Brazil have been described by science. Prior to the discovery, the new owl species were grouped together with two other ...

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Eastern screech owls have unique family roles, with males often providing food while females care for the nest and chicks.

The Amazon rainforest is teeming with creatures unknown to science—and that's just in broad daylight. After dark, the forest is a whole new place, alive with nocturnal animals that have remained even ...

In eastern wooded suburbs, this small, owl is often the most common avian predator, emerging from its nest or roost hole at ...

I’ve never seen a screech owl before, but for sure have I heard them. Despite the name, screech owls do not actually “screech. Even when attacked, they are more likely to make a sharp, clacking noise ...

Researchers described two new species of screech owls that live in the Amazon and Atlantic forests, both of which are already critically endangered. The scientists determined that the birds belonged ...