This is a lousy photo of a Great Horned Owl, except that it shows the shape of the wings well. The bird had flushed, and was flying away from me. You can see that the wings are broad all the way to ...

The silent flight of owls could help suppress aircraft and turbine noise. A team from Chiba University in Japan has studied the unique features of owl wings that allow them to fly noiselessly. The ...

I’ve spent much, much more time looking for owls than I’ve spent actually seeing them. Most of my looking has been in Montana, Idaho and Wyoming for great gray owls. I figured I would have a decent ...