That is, until it screeches. Rather than hoot like a great-horned owl, barn owls let out a long, eerie shriek to communicate with other barn owls or to warn of potential threats. Consider that ...

The goggle-eyed Cuban screech owl gets its other common name, bare-legged owl, from its featherless lower appendages. While most of the world’s more than 200 owl species wear feathers down to ...