The bird is now officially known as the Principe Scops-Owl, or Otus bikegila. "Otus" is the generic name given to a group of small owls sharing a common history, commonly called scops-owls.

A Philippine Scops Owl was found on the road by a resident of Paoay, Ilocos Norte. The owl was struggling to fly and move, and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Laoag was ...

Brown Wood-owl Strix leptogrammica, Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei, Collared Scops-owl Otus bakkamoena, Dusky Eagle Owl ...

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 ...

Birdwatchers call the little fella in the photo the scops owl, but pilots call him “foreign object debris” (FOD) because he’s resting inside the wheel well of a fighter jet. If the owl were ...

Even before the Milky Way Galaxy disappears from the night sky, bird songs begin from the Jhums of Thanamir, the last village ...

The great horned owl is the most common owl of the Americas, easily recognizable because of the feather tufts on its head. These “plumicorns” resemble horns or, to some, catlike ears.

California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the rapidly declining species as endangered or threatened. The state Fish and ...

the company modernized animation when it used Xerox technology on the classic film The elusive Bornean Rajah scops owl is inspiring scientists and researchers after its brief rediscovery When the ...

The scientists were smitten, and the Owl Cafe was born. It would go on to become one of the most acclaimed burger joints in ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. You've probably seen a plastic owl standing guard over a ...

California wildlife policymakers have opted to protect the diminutive Western burrowing owl as they consider listing the rapidly declining species as endangered or threatened. The state Fish and ...