The eastern screech-owl is a hole-nester that requires pre-existing holes of an adequate size. It cannot live where trees do not have a sufficient diameter to provide such holes. As the climate warms, ...

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 ...

On the chilly morning of Dec. 5, Alex Patton headed into a coffee shop in Utica. On his way out, he glanced across the nearby stream and noticed the bird in the accompanying photo. Sharp-eyed Patton ...

When we do our routine activities at night we sometimes meet the wild creatures of the dark hours. Most are mammals. Few of them are birds, but owls are the exception. Six species occur regularly in ...

ALLOUEZ - My gardens are giving untamed jungle vibes this year, and while unrelenting rain has something to do with it, so does the fact that I find myself always looking up when I should be looking ...

In the summer of 1996, I participated as a graduate student in a tropical biodiversity and evolution course in Costa Rica. As we were driving to the Palo Verde Research Station near the Pacific Ocean, ...

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 ...