Forrest, a Eurasian eagle owl, has been at the Point Defiance Zoo for about two decades. Keepers estimate he could live to be 60.

Watch your backyard come to life as amazing owl species swoop through the night skies. Get to know the types of owls you ...

Marc Hammond had no idea he was the co-star in a viral video until it reached more than 1.5 million views. “Right after Thanksgiving, my stepson called me and said, ‘Did you know you got 1½ million ...

Crickets chirp in the night as Gerardo Marrón calls to an elf owl on a Baja California Sur mountainside in late October. Marrón and a group of scientists from Mexico and the San Diego Natural History ...

New year, same Will Ferrell. On the first day of 2026, the actor and comedian continued his hilarious holiday tradition of dressing up for hockey games, this time showing up in full NHL referee gear ...

The snowy owls of the Montrose Point Bird Sanctuary had flown the coop. At least, that’s what I heard. My son and I decided to see for ourselves. I’d been making plans since I first heard the Arctic ...

As we approach the holidays, it is easy to get caught up in the fast-paced and increasingly digital world around us. I am honored to be reminded of what matters through the eyes and touch of my animal ...

AT ONE LAKE COUNTY SCHOOL HAD TO DODGE BLASTS OF WATER THIS MORNING. THE CULPRIT? THE PRINCIPAL. WESH TWO BOB HAZEN TELLS US SHE TOOK UP A FIRE HOSE TO HELP KEEP KIDS COMING TO CLASS. TAKE A LOOK. THE ...

His job renting kayaks to paddlers on the Chicago River got Cass Cwik into birdwatching. He’d see great blue, green and black-crowned night herons, cormorants and “a lot of interesting birds you don’t ...

As the parent of a half-Jewish, half-Christian child who was already a sharp-eyed Santa skeptic by the time he started preschool, I did not want my kid to be the jerk who ruined Christmas for his ...

As a wildlife photographer, Brendon Clark sees his fair share of owls, but one recent sighting left him speechless. "I just thought my mind was kind of playing a trick on me," Clark said. "I saw the ...