It’s difficult to ID Eastern and Western screech-owl species—location is your best bet. Hear their call and learn about their ...

One of the best ways to locate a screech owl is to keep an eye on wooded areas, especially those with trees featuring holes that could hold an 8½-inch-tall owl.

BEING a night owl in a world built for early birds isn’t easy. For one, late risers are often unfairly derided as lazy. Owls are more prone than larks to worring, which is often linked to ...

Poor sleep and drinking too much could fuel depression in night owls, research suggests. A new study by the University of Surrey expands on what is already known about night owls being at higher ...

The large northwest subspecies max­welliae is the palest and most faintly marked. The western screech owl’s bill is blackish or dark gray at the base, but gray-plumaged individuals are ...