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 ...

Three screech-owls are found in North America: eastern, western and whiskered. But about 22 screech-owl species are found in the world, all in the Americas. Estimated breeding populations of ...

A team of university researchers and Indigenous guardians are tracking western screech owls to find out what they need — and what’s causing them to disappear. Photo by Jared Hobbs. Megan Buers is ...