From snails to skunks, squirrels to cicadas, most of our neighbors are quiet and seldom interact with us, but they play important roles in the world.

About 20,000 years ago, a family of owls lived in a cave. Sometimes, they would cough up owl pellets containing the bones of their prey, which landed on the cave floor. And, researchers have just ...

A fluffy young tawny owl rests on a branch, calmly observing the world around it. This intimate moment shows the owl’s early life in the forest, filled with curiosity and quiet charm. Samuel Alito ...

DEI might still be alive and well on the West Coast. The US government has begun shooting down up to 450,000 barred owls across California, Oregon and Washington — in a controversial culling effort to ...

Sen. John Kennedy said the Trump administration wants him to back down on legislation against a Biden-era action. Sen. John Kennedy is clashing with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over a plan to kill ...

SEQUIM — Skulls, bones and hair are all that’s left as Bert Corales showed what he kept finding on the Sequim property he shares with his partner, Candace Fagerhaugh. No, it’s not a crime scene. These ...

The rescued Eastern screech owl fledgling pictured here has a condition called anisocoria due to head trauma. CREDIT: New England Wildlife Center. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Seventeen years ago, only four burrowing owl pairs remained at the Umatilla Chemical Depot in eastern Oregon. Now, more than 80 pairs nest in the unlikely spot that has become home to one of the world ...

Researchers have developed a way to count hidden baby barn owls from a distance by using AI and sound so they don't have to disturb their nests. Bournemouth University PhD student Kavisha Jayathunge ...

Typically, saving baby owls isn't a job responsibility for FedEx drivers, but that didn't stop driver Justin Beiler from saving one's life anyway. Beiler, of Akron Borough, was delivering packages in ...